Iraqi Kurds taking care of business

OAKLAND ROSS/TORONTO STAR

Many attending trade fair in Erbil, Iraq, this week adopt Western dress.

Annual trade show attracts firms from 20 countries as construction booms while war rages in south

Nov 01, 2007

By Oakland Ross

November 1, 2007

ERBIL, Iraq –The fires of civil war continue to rage south of this rambling, low-rise regional capital, and now military tensions are mounting to the north as well, along the rebel-infested border between Iraq and Turkey .

But here in sunny, ancient Erbil , they're having a trade show – and Hogr Salih Qadir, for one, is feeling pretty good about it. Full Text