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	Irbil
		It is the capital of the Irbil governorate.
		The city is situated at the foothills of the mountains in the east.
		Irbil is famous because most of the city rests on a 30 metre tall mound consisting of ruins from Irbil's long history.
	i-cias.com /e.o/irbil.htm (273 words)

	USATODAY.com - Suicide bombing killing at least 56 at Kurdish party offices (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		IRBIL, Iraq (AP) — Two suicide bombers with explosives wired to their bodies struck the offices of the country's two main Kurdish parties in nearly simultaneous attacks Sunday, killing at least 56 people and wounding more than 235 in the deadliest assault in Iraq in six months.
		Irbil city morgue director Tawana Kareem told the AP that 57 bodies were brought to the morgue and "figures are increasing." At least 235 people were admitted to the city's three hospitals with injuries, hospital officials said.
		Among the dead were the Irbil region's governor Akram Mintik, the deputy governor and his two sons, and the KDP Deputy Prime Minister Sami Abdul Rahman, as well as ministers in the Kurdish administration, according to Ihsan and other Kurdish officials.
	usatoday.com /news/world/iraq/2004-02-01-kurdish-office-bombing_x.htm (1279 words)

	Irbil
		Irbil (Arbil [Arab] or Erbil [Turkoman] or Hawler [Kurd]) is located close to the Turkish and Iranian borders, 48 miles (77 km) east of Mosul in the foothills of the mountains that rise to the east.
		Irbil lives from commerce and administration, and thrives from the local oil industries.
		The Iraqi troops massed at Irbil consisted of three divisions of 30,000 to 40,000 Republican Guard troops equipped with heavy artillery and surface-to-air missiles.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/world/iraq/irbil.htm (528 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > War with Iraq -- Joyous Kurds know their region is next battlefield
		IRBIL, Iraq – Crowds of jubilant Iraqi Kurds swarmed the sun-splashed streets of northern Iraq yesterday to celebrate the symbolic toppling of Saddam Hussein, for one day at least ignoring the clouds of uncertainty that still hang heavily over this region and the nation.
		There was a clear sense that the toppling of Hussein's statue in the heart of the capital was the death knell of a regime that wielded a stranglehold over the entire country for 30 years.
		The young parliamentary building in Irbil, the provisional capital of the Kurdish autonomous region, is a reminder of the divisions.
	signonsandiego.com /news/world/iraq/border/20030410-9999_1n10irbil.html (888 words)

	washingtonpost.com: As Kurds Mourn, Resolve Hardens
		IRBIL, Iraq, Feb. 2 -- A city long accustomed to mourning the losses of war was draped in fl Monday for victims of dual suicide bombings that shocked and frightened its ethnic Kurdish inhabitants and hardened their determination to obtain autonomy in postwar Iraq.
		Irbil, which Kurds consider the world's oldest city, lies in the KDP area of control.
		Irbil, the largest Kurdish city in the far north, is full of refugees expelled from Kurdish towns and hamlets to the south during Hussein's so-called Arabization campaigns.
	www.washingtonpost.com /ac2/wp-dyn/A6885-2004Feb2?language=printer (1092 words)

	Worldandnation: Iraqi Kurds optimistic in face of uncertainty
		And while reconstruction has nearly come to a halt in Baghdad and other cities to the south, Irbil, the capital of the north, is abuzz with activity.
		On the outskirts of town, Irbil's new international airport already draws private flights from Europe and elsewhere in the Middle East.
		The Kurdish government in Irbil has sent weapons to local Kurds, and a property claims committee is trying to resolve ownership disputes.
	www.sptimes.com /2004/05/23/Worldandnation/Iraqi_Kurds_optimisti.shtml (2136 words)

	KRG, Kurdistan Regional Government
		Irbil, 13 December 2005 (RFE/RL) - The plains of Iraq are dotted with giant mounds that archeologists call "tals," sites that have grown higher and higher over the millennia, as people built new homes upon the ruins of older ones.
		All have been attracted by Irbil's location, on a fertile plain at the junction of two rivers and in the foothills of the Zagros Mountains.
		He fled to Irbil in 1987 along with many members of his tribe after his village in the mountains was gassed.
	web.krg.org /articles/article_detail.asp?LangNr=12&RubricNr=&ArticleNr=8141&LNNr=28&RNNr=70 (1159 words)

	Iraq Development Program - Irbil airport may be declared as international airport
		The supervisor of Irbil airport, Rashad Omar, has declared that he is optimistic over it being recognised as an international airport.
		He said that he was confident that a delegation of international inspectors would determine that Irbil airport meets the requirements to be categorised as an international airport.
		Omar added that according to the Alitihad newspaper, the authority responsible for the airport had implemented what is needed to meet these requirements by building special taxiways and building a modern control tower at the cost of $9 million.
	www.iraqdevelopmentprogram.org /idp/news/new752.htm (262 words)

	Iraq: Life In Northern Provinces Seems A World Away From War-Torn Center
		The city of Irbil is at the center of Iraq's Kurdish-controlled northern provinces, whose residents were brutalized for years by former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein.
		Irbil, Iraq; 11 November 2003 (RFE/RL) -- The northern city of Irbil is so different from war-torn central Iraq that visitors would be forgiven for thinking they are in another country.
		Abdella says Irbil is one of the rare cities in Iraq where drivers obey road rules and there are no traffic jams.
	www.globalsecurity.org /wmd/library/news/iraq/2003/11/iraq-031111-rferl-181857.htm (873 words)

	Irbil (city)
		Kurdish capital city, in the governorate of Irbil, in northern Iraq; population (2002 est) 839,600.
		Today Irbil is a rail terminus, as well as a centre for roads to Turkey, Syria, and Iran.
		In Assyrian times, Irbil (Arbela) was a religious centre of the goddess Ishtar, controlling the country between the Greater and Lesser Zab rivers on behalf of the capital cities of Nineveh, Assur, and Calah.
	www.tiscali.co.uk /reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0027149.html (353 words)

	Guardian \| Owen Bowcott@Irbil
		Irbil, today's visitor is informed, is the oldest, permanently inhabited site in the world - a boast it shares with most other cities in the so-called fertile crescent of the Middle East.
		More recent visitors, omitted from The Historical Heritage of Irbil, include the Iraqi army who were invited in by the Kurdistan Democratic Party in August 1996 as the region descended into civil war.
		For a stroll around the centre of Irbil nowadays, aid workers are often advised to take an armed guard.
	www.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,3812161-103677,00.html (444 words)

	NewStandard: 9/8/96
		Kemal said the two party leaders were among 96 people executed in Irbil after Iraqi forces stormed the city.
		Irbil, the largest city in the Kurdish enclave of northern Iraq, was quiet yesterday.
		Iraqi tanks and artillery were positioned 15 miles south of Irbil yesterday.
	www.s-t.com /daily/09-96/09-08-96/a07wn025.htm (656 words)

	kutv.com - Insurgents Target Iraq Police (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The bomber in Irbil was wearing a police uniform when he slammed his car into a gathering of some 200 traffic officers during morning roll call in a courtyard behind the headquarters at 8 a.m., police Lt. Sulaiman Mohammed said.
		The attack occurred on a main street that leads to the oil-rich northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk, which is 50 miles south of Irbil, police said.
		Irbil, one of two major cities in Iraq's northern Kurdish region, has enjoyed autonomous rule under Western protection since 1991.
	kutv.com /topstories/topstories_story_171073030.html (994 words)

	DefendAmerica News - Article
		Soldiers of the 416th Civil Affairs Battalion ride new police motorcycles to the Irbil Police Station Sept. 23.
		Hutt was one of the five soldiers to ride the motorcycles to the Irbil police station.
		IRBIL, Iraq, Sept. 28, 2004 — The Irbil Police Department has the capacity to better protect the citizens of Irbil after receiving $90,000 worth of motorcycles from Multinational Forces Sept. 23.
	www.defendamerica.mil /articles/sep2004/a092804a.html (239 words)

	Three killed in Irbil suicide bombing \| Special reports \| Guardian Unlimited
		The footage also showed that the vehicle that had apparently carried the bomb was but badly burned, but its chassis was in one piece.
		Authorities in Irbil, which is around 200 miles north of Baghdad, made loudspeaker appeals to residents to donate blood for the wounded, CNN-Turk television said.
		Irbil is the largest city in Kurdish-controlled northern Iraq.
	www.guardian.co.uk /Iraq/Story/0,2763,1039273,00.html (629 words)

	Voting Kurds shed tears of joy-Irbil Kurdistan
		Throughout Irbil, there was a sense that something big was about to happen, as if the whole city had turned out for a wedding party.
		Nevertheless, the political atmosphere in Irbil was palpably partisan, in large part, party leaders said, because the various parties will be battling one another in the regional elections.
		The bulk of the Kurdish population identifies - on the basis of geography or ancestry - with either the KDP or the PUK.
	www.ekurd.net /mismas/articles/misc2005/1/vote117.htm (702 words)

	Trade Show Highlights Progress in Irbil - DefendAmerica News Article
		Irbil, a city of about 600,000 nestled among fertile wheat fields and set off by rolling mountain ranges to the north and east, certainly appears to be the place to start.
		The Kurdistan Regional Government, envisioning the city and region as “the gateway to the rest of Iraq” is bankrolling a $250 million expansion of Irbil International Airport, with a new international terminal, first-class lounges and enlarged runways capacious enough for Boeing and Airbus’ latest behemoths.
		In short, Irbil is home to the sort of tranquil security environment, effective government and economic promise of which Baghdad, for now, can only dream of.
	www.defendamerica.mil /articles/sept2006/a091906dg3.html (1335 words)

	USATODAY.com - Irbil death toll surges; video shows bomber moments before blast (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		IRBIL, Iraq (AP) — A video camera captured images of a man shaking hands with a Kurdish official seconds before blowing himself up in one of the two suicide bombings during holiday celebrations.
		The man, apparently in his 20s or 30s, shook hands with one of the Irbil office's deputy chiefs, then stepped forward and put his hand in that of another, Shakhwan Abbas.
		Martin Dempsey, commander of the U.S. Army's 1st Armored Division, told reporters that the Irbil bombings, along with a Jan. 18 attack in the capital that killed 25 people, were "different from the sort of hit-and-run style" of Saddam loyalists thought to be behind anti-U.S. attacks in Baghdad and central Iraq.
	www.usatoday.com /news/world/iraq/2004-02-03-irbil_x.htm (882 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The capture of Irbil by the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) on Aug. 31 was aided by Iraqi troops, but there has been no indication that Saddam Hussein's army has intervened as the Iranian-backed Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) marched back to the city.
		A spokesman for the PUK said that the group's fighters were in control of areas 12 miles southwest of Irbil.
		A PUK-run radio station was broadcasting calls for Irbil residents to revolt against the KDP, according to reports yesterday in the London-based Arabic daily Al-Hayat.
	mywebpage.netscape.com /kurdistanobserve/Newso16.htm (1003 words)

	CNN - U.N.: Iraq withdrawal from Irbil complete - Sept. 2, 1996
		IRBIL, Iraq (CNN) -- Iraqi troops and heavy armor withdrew Monday from the Kurdish city of Irbil, two days after seizing it, according to a U.N. observer stationed there, but he could not confirm if the forces had left the area near the city.
		U.N. officials said thousands of troops and scores of tanks and artillery were in the streets of Irbil on Sunday.
		Gisper Nielsen, stationed with the U.N. group in Irbil, said there were many casualties from the assault, but exact numbers were not available.
	www.cnn.com /WORLD/9609/02/iraq.withdrawl (609 words)

	CorpWatch : IRAQ: Iraq Kurds Say They Were Shortchanged on Massive U.S. Cash Drop
		He said the money was not delivered to Irbil until late June because oil-for-food funds had not been released by the U.N. until that spring, when the CPA received $2.5 billion.
		After the money arrived, the finance ministers of the two Kurdistan provinces, Irbil and Sulaymaniya, split it according to the size of their populations.
		In Irbil, officials said their $798-million share remained untouched at their central bank and would be spent on projects such as dams and power stations.
	www.corpwatch.org /article.php?id=12839 (1780 words)

	Irbil suicide bombings aggravate tensions in northern Iraq
		With hundreds of people crowding into the buildings, the bombers, reportedly dressed as clerics and with large quantities of explosives strapped to their bodies, were able to get within metres of the Kurdish political dignitaries.
		Among those killed were Sami Abdul Rahman, the deputy prime minister of the KDP-run Kurdish government in Irbil province, at least two other ministers of the regional government, and the KDP’s governor, deputy governor and police chief in Irbil.
		In the aftermath of the Irbil bombings, the leaders of the KDP and PUK have declared that the attack makes its necessary for them to work more closely together in the demand for Kurdish autonomy.
	www.wsws.org /articles/2004/feb2004/kurd-f05.shtml (1602 words)

	Suicide car bomber kills at least 20 in Iraq - Africa & Middle East - International Herald Tribune
		IRBIL, Iraq A suicide car bomber killed 20 traffic policemen and wounded 100 more Monday outside the unit’s headquarters in the northern Kurdish city of Irbil, police and hospital officials said.
		The bomber in Irbil wore a police uniform and slammed his car into a gathering of some 200 traffic policemen during morning roll call in a courtyard behind the headquarters at 8 a.m.
		The attack occurred on a main street that leads to the oil-rich northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk, which is south of Irbil, police said.
	www.iht.com /articles/2005/06/20/africa/web.0620iraq.php (847 words)

	Historic Iraqi City Hopes To Become Tourist Destination
		The northern Kurdish city of Irbil is one of the oldest cities in the world.
		The ancient citadel of Irbil overlooks the hustle and bustle of everyday life in the modern city.
		It is difficult to see the Irbil of the present as a tourist destination.
	www.voanews.com /english/2006-01-11-voa68.cfm (524 words)

	Keyword (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Iraq: Irbil’s Kurds live on a hill of undiscovered treasures Source: Radio Free Europe (12-13-05) The kidnapping of a German archeologist in late November highlighted both the historical wealth of Iraq and the perils of exploring that history.
		One of the most dramatic is in the heart of Irbil, the capital of the Kurdish...
		Every prisoner had to wear a triangle on his or her jacket, the color of which was to categorise him according "to his kind".
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/news/k-irbil/browse (4263 words)

	[No title]
		The first flight departing Tuesday morning from Frankfurt, with 36 passengers aboard, arrived in Irbil international airport, north of Iraq, said Minister of Transportation in the government of Iraq's Kurdistan Haidar Sheikh Ali.
		Irbil international airport will receive next Saturday the first Jordanian plane in an experimental trip, he said.
		The first Iraqi airlines plane to depart from Irbil international airport heading to Amman had arrived in the Jordanian capital last February.
	www.iraqdirectory.com /DisplayNews.aspx?id=113 (253 words)

	AsiaMedia :: KOREA: Surprise stop in Irbil boosts Zaytun unit
		IRBIL, Iraq: President Roh Moo-hyun made a surprise visit yesterday to Korea's Zaytun troops in the northern Iraqi city of Irbil on his way back home from his European trip, spending two hours boosting the morale of the 3,600 Korean soldiers now helping post-war reconstruction.
		Roh's visit, kept completely secret until his departure from the war-ravaged country, was also seen to be aimed at underlining his commitment to the Seoul-Washington alliance and related issues such as the redeployment of U.S. troops in Korea and the effort with Washington for a peaceful solution of the North Korean nuclear standoff, experts say.
		Roh made the 21/2 hour flight from Kuwait to Irbil on the C-130 transport aircraft of the Korean Air Force, accompanied by a minimum number of aides, including Foreign Minister Ban Ki-moon, National Security Adviser Kwon Chin-ho and Foreign Policy Adviser Chung Woo-seong.
	www.asiamedia.ucla.edu /article.asp?parentid=18183 (968 words)

	The Seattle Times: Nation & World: Suicide bombing kills dozens of police applicants in Irbil
		BAGHDAD, Iraq — It was a quiet weekday morning in Irbil, a Kurdish city in northern Iraq.
		The Irbil suicide bomber struck one day after Iraq's first democratically elected government was sworn in.
		The same group was responsible for the twin bombings in Irbil last year, which he said were carried out by Arabs who were not Iraqi.
	seattletimes.nwsource.com /html/nationworld/2002262888_websuicide05.html (663 words)

	[No title]
		I could drive it in five hours, but bombers, kidnappers and highway robbers lurk along the road, and I've already had a white-knuckle ride to the airport along six miles of highway that U.S. soldiers call "RPG Alley," RPG meaning rocket-propelled grenade.
		At 6 p.m., the flights to Irbil and Dubai are ready to leave.
		There's no telephone link between Irbil and Sulaymaniyah, which are in separate provinces of Kurdistan, so passengers can't call families and friends to tell them the flight has been diverted.
	www.ksdk.com /printfullstory.aspx?storyid=93452 (1384 words)

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