Chicago Tribune
By Liz Sly
August 31, 2007
Fears are rising in this dust-bowl town, where the mercury routinely hits 120 degrees in summer, and hopes are just as high that Makhmur soon will become part of the relatively safe region of Kurdistan .
Makhmur currently lies in the mostly Sunni Arab province of Nineveh and is one of several areas that Kurds hope will vote, along with the oil-rich city of Kirkuk, on whether to join the adjacent autonomous Kurdistan region in a referendum due to be held by the end of this year. Full Text
Makhmur currently lies in the mostly Sunni Arab province of Nineveh and is one of several areas that Kurds hope will vote, along with the oil-rich city of Kirkuk, on whether to join the adjacent autonomous Kurdistan region in a referendum due to be held by the end of this year. Full Text
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