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| Xoybun | Aug 11 13, 2:45 Post #701 |
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Safeen mountain closed to the public. They found oil there, it's old news, but thought I would share it because they found oil before summer. |
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| Worldwar2boy | Aug 11 13, 2:47 Post #702 |
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Shaxi Safeen http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zoNU9V75Hko |
| biji kurd u kurdistan !! | |
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| Halo | Aug 13 13, 10:05 Post #703 |
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| the SUN child | Aug 16 13, 8:44 Post #704 |
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| Worldwar2boy | Aug 16 13, 9:01 Post #705 |
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they will, it is inevitable, they are currently the only option for exporting large amounts of oil and kurdistan needs the money to rebuild |
| biji kurd u kurdistan !! | |
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| ALAN | Aug 17 13, 11:21 Post #706 |
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Southern Kurdistan oil reserve reaches 50 billion barrels http://www.awene.com/article/2013/08/17/24737 |
| Russian Girenak Joseph, who visited Kirkuk in Kurdistan as a part of his tour throu the 1870 - 1873 AD, who published the results of his trip & his studies later in 1879, in the 4th volume in the Bulletin of the Caucasus department of the Royal Geographical Russian Society estimated Kirkuk's population as many as 12-50,000 people, & he emphasized that except 40 Christian families, the rest of the population were Kurds. As for The Turkmen & Arabs, they have not been already existed at the time. | |
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| ALAN | Aug 19 13, 1:37 Post #707 |
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Kurdistan determines the prices of fuel and cancels fuel card![]() Sunday, 18 August 2013 12:32 Shafaq News / Kurdistan government announced on Sunday, unifying fuel prices in all provinces and cities in the region and canceling distribution of fuel by card. “We will distribute fuel at all stations, without exception and the price will be 480 dinars to be sold to citizens at 500 dinars per liter and cancel the card,” The Minister of Natural Resources of Kurdistan, Ashti Hawrami said in a press conference with the Governor of Erbil , Nawzad Hadi attended by "Shafaq News”. "Our goal is to improve quality because through our study, it appeared that some of the owners of petrol stations sell poor quality fuel to citizens on the basis that it is good quality while it was really bad quality”. The minister noted that "the need for the region is to fuel is between 5 to 6 million liters and we are able to provide this amount”. For his part, Governor of Erbil , Nawzad Hadi announced that “ the decision will come into force in Erbil on the 25th of August, to be applied throughout the region in the coming weeks”. “This decision was taken in coordination with the federal government to provide the required quantity in cooperation with Kurdistan refineries in each of Erbil and Sulaimani,” He added. Kurdistan Regional Government has recently decided to allow to import fuel in free way, on condition to check the imported fuel by a special committee of the Ministry of Natural Resources and the directorates of fuel distribution in Kurdistan, in order to prevent the import of bad fuel and increase fuel storages in the fuel stations to be distributed to locals. http://www.shafaaq.com/en/business/6983-kurdistan-determines-the-prices-of-fuel-and-cancels-fuel-card.html |
| Russian Girenak Joseph, who visited Kirkuk in Kurdistan as a part of his tour throu the 1870 - 1873 AD, who published the results of his trip & his studies later in 1879, in the 4th volume in the Bulletin of the Caucasus department of the Royal Geographical Russian Society estimated Kirkuk's population as many as 12-50,000 people, & he emphasized that except 40 Christian families, the rest of the population were Kurds. As for The Turkmen & Arabs, they have not been already existed at the time. | |
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| Worldwar2boy | Aug 19 13, 2:07 Post #708 |
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Good. 500 dinars is only 43 dollar cents, so it is cheap. In USA a gallon (a bit less than 4 liters) costs like 4 dollars, in Kurdistan it's only 1.29dollars, so it is really cheap, even for the people there. That's less then 25 euro cents for 1 liter lol :D. In Europe it costs like 1.50 to 2 euros per liter! |
| biji kurd u kurdistan !! | |
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| ALAN | Aug 19 13, 4:08 Post #709 |
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Oil Pipeline From Kurdistan Makes Gulf Keystone Target: Energy [8:25] 13/Aug/18 PNA - The American chief executive officer of Gulf Keystone Petroleum says that Kurdistan is on the verge of an oil boom. The semi-autonomous region of 5.2 million people is completing a pipeline for direct crude exports to Turkey by the end of the year, bypassing central government authorities in Baghdad. The region’s reserves are as much as 45 billion barrels, the local administration estimates, enough to meet U.S. demand for almost seven years. “Exports are what we’ve been waiting for since 2007, so the pipeline is very big and instrumental for a company like Gulf Keystone,” Kozel, 46, said in a telephone interview. “We are a public company, and consolidation is the next phase in Kurdistan. But that’s not in our plans now.” “Gulf Keystone screens quite well as a takeover target once the risk around the court case is removed,” said James Gardiner, an analyst at Peel Hunt in London who gives the stock a buy rating. “They’re sitting on a giant oil field that wouldn’t look out of place in a major’s portfolio.” Kozel said the company, which has spent $780 million in Kurdistan so far, will be able to fund the development of its fields with cash flow generated once production starts at an initial rate of 40,000 barrels a day this year. “The Kurdistan Regional Government is very happy with our plans,” Kozel said. “We can develop Shaikan and our other fields better and possibly faster than others might.” Gulf Keystone’s main asset, the Shaikan discovery, one of Kurdistan’s biggest ever, will produce 250,000 barrels a day by 2018, according to the company. That would increase Iraq’s total production by about 8 percent. Soran Ali - See more at: http://www.peyamner.com/English/PNAnews.aspx?ID=318345#sthash.BzaFQmuj.dpuf |
| Russian Girenak Joseph, who visited Kirkuk in Kurdistan as a part of his tour throu the 1870 - 1873 AD, who published the results of his trip & his studies later in 1879, in the 4th volume in the Bulletin of the Caucasus department of the Royal Geographical Russian Society estimated Kirkuk's population as many as 12-50,000 people, & he emphasized that except 40 Christian families, the rest of the population were Kurds. As for The Turkmen & Arabs, they have not been already existed at the time. | |
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| Kinematik | Aug 19 13, 3:37 Post #710 |
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Yepp! 95 octane in Sweden costs 2,23$ per liter... Disel about the same 98 octane even more.. We should get an wellupdate from Atrush this week! Cant wait! Cheers |
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| ALAN | Aug 21 13, 9:36 Post #711 |
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Oil Pipeline From Kurdistan Makes Gulf Keystone Target: Energy Todd Kozel’s adventure in Kurdistan may soon pay off. The American chief executive officer of Gulf Keystone Petroleum Ltd. (GKP) has dealt with angry shareholders, an ex-business partner’s lawsuit and byzantine politics for six years pursuing billions of barrels of crude in the self ruled southern Kurdistan (KRG). Now, his $2.5 billion exploration venture is a being called a takeover target as the world’s biggest oil companies look for untapped fields. Kurdistan is on the verge of an oil boom. The semi-autonomous region of 5.2 million people is completing a pipeline for direct crude exports to Turkey by the end of the year, bypassing central government authorities in Baghdad. The region’s reserves are as much as 45 billion barrels, the local administration estimates, enough to meet U.S. demand for almost seven years. “Exports are what we’ve been waiting for since 2007, so the pipeline is very big and instrumental for a company like Gulf Keystone,” Kozel, 46, said in a telephone interview. “We are a public company, and consolidation is the next phase in Kurdistan. But that’s not in our plans now.” Gulf Keystone rose 2.9 percent to close at 185 pence in London today. The benchmark FTSE 100 index slipped 1.6 percent. Offers could come soon because the new pipeline may boost the value of the Hamilton, Bermuda-based company by 40 percent, according to HSBC Holdings Plc. Moreover, a ruling is expected within weeks in a London lawsuit brought by a former associate claiming 30 percent of the company’s main asset, Kozel said. Peer Comparison Gulf Keystone’s legal dispute has held back its performance against peers this year. The shares have gained 1.6 percent, compared with advances of more than 25 percent for Genel Energy Plc (GENL), WesternZagros Resources Ltd. (WZR) and DNO International ASA. (DNO) “Gulf Keystone screens quite well as a takeover target once the risk around the court case is removed,” said James Gardiner, an analyst at Peel Hunt in London who gives the stock a buy rating. “They’re sitting on a giant oil field that wouldn’t look out of place in a major’s portfolio.” Pittsburgh-born Kozel formed his first oil company in 1988 when he was 21 years old. He co-founded Gulf Keystone in 2001 with help from private equity funds from the Middle East. Gulf Keystone started with licenses in North Africa, though it’s now focused on four blocks in Kurdistan and plans to exit its remaining field in Algeria. Kozel said the company, which has spent $780 million in Kurdistan so far, will be able to fund the development of its fields with cash flow generated once production starts at an initial rate of 40,000 barrels a day this year. Shaikan Discovery “The Kurdistan Regional Government is very happy with our plans,” Kozel said. “We can develop Shaikan and our other fields better and possibly faster than others might.” Exxon Mobil Corp. (XOM), Chevron Corp. (CVX) or an Asian national oil company are candidates to snap up the company, said Dougie Youngson, an analyst at VSA Capital Ltd. in London. Gulf Keystone’s main asset, the Shaikan discovery, one of Kurdistan’s biggest ever, will produce 250,000 barrels a day by 2018, according to the company. Other explorers in Kurdistan such as Afren Plc (AFR), DNO, Petroceltic International Plc (PCI) and WesternZagros may also become takeover targets, according to HSBC. “There will be a wave of consolidation,” said Peter Hitchens, an analyst at HSBC in London. “All of the small players are potentially targets.” Tax Dispute Afren and Petroceltic declined to comment on takeover speculation. Officials at DNO and WesternZagros weren’t available for comment. Direct exports should strengthen Kurdistan in a dispute over revenue-sharing in which it has struggled to get royalties owed from exports sent through pipelines controlled by the central government in Baghdad. Kozel must overcome his legal difficulties before a deal is on the cards. Rex Wempen, who served in the U.S. Special Forces in the 1990s, claimed in a trial that began in October that his work led to the Shaikan find. Last month, Kozel quelled a challenge from investors who said the company wasn’t moving fast enough to upgrade its London listing to the main market and attract more institutional investors. The board appointed four independent directors recommended by the M&G Recovery Fund, a disgruntled shareholder. Gulf Keystone last year said it would issue 10 million new shares to give to executives if the company or its assets are bought, forcing it to say days later it wasn’t planning a sale after shares rose. For now, Gulf Keystone says it’s focused on developing Shaikan. Achieving its targets may prove too expensive, said Peel Hunt’s Gardiner. “Bringing a discovery of this size to meaningful levels of production will require hundreds of millions of dollars of investment,” Gardiner said. “There are a number of options available, but uncertainty remains over access to this level of capital for a company of this size.” To contact the reporter on this story: Brian Swint in London at bswint@bloomberg.net To contact the editor responsible for this story: Will Kennedy at wkennedy3@bloomberg.net |
| Russian Girenak Joseph, who visited Kirkuk in Kurdistan as a part of his tour throu the 1870 - 1873 AD, who published the results of his trip & his studies later in 1879, in the 4th volume in the Bulletin of the Caucasus department of the Royal Geographical Russian Society estimated Kirkuk's population as many as 12-50,000 people, & he emphasized that except 40 Christian families, the rest of the population were Kurds. As for The Turkmen & Arabs, they have not been already existed at the time. | |
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| ALAN | Aug 21 13, 9:42 Post #712 |
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Turkey-South Kurdistan oil pipeline nearly completed Wednesday, 21 August 2013 OSLO: A new pipeline to carry crude oil from autonomous south South Kurdistan to Turkey, which has angered the central government in Baghdad, is nearing completion, Norwegian oil firm DNO International said on Wednesday. South Kurdistan and Baghdad are at odds over how to split revenues from oil and gas production in KRG. Recently the region has been trying to establish its autonomy from the capital by building a pipeline to Turkey so it could export its hydrocarbons there. According to DNO, which produces oil at the large Tawke field in KRG, the pipeline is within a few kilometres of the border with Turkey, close to a station where crude is loaded onto trucks. "The KRG (Kurdish Regional Government) pipeline is within a few hundred metres of the Fishkhabour pumping station," said Nicholas Atencio, general manager of DNO's operations in Kurdistan. Fishkhabour is situated some 5 kilometres or 3 miles from the border with Turkey. Once it reaches Fishkhabour, it remains to be seen whether the new pipeline will be tied into an existing line running from Kirkuk to the Turkish port of Ceyhan at a metering station controlled by Baghdad, or beyond there, either before the Turkish border or after it. The Kirkuk-Ceyhan pipeline has suffered frequent disruptions due to technical problems and attacks by insurgents. Speaking at DNO's second-quarter results presentation, Atencio noted the company was not involved in exporting its own crude via the pipeline. The company is for the moment unable to export its crude from Tawke and so sells it locally. But in a sign of its growing confidence, DNO said Tawke had seen its highest production in a single day, at some 113,000 barrels, and its highest sales in a single day, at 102,000 barrels, during the second quarter. "Internally we play it conservatively. But we are pleased with the progress. Our milestones gives you a sense of what we can do," DNO Chairman Bijan Mossavar-Rahmani said. The company said it would be able to produce some 200,000 barrels per day at Tawke by the fourth quarter of 2014. Earlier on Wednesday, DNO reported second-quarter earnings that beat expectations. Its quarterly net profit of 280 million crowns or $47.10 million beat expectations of 244 million and followed a loss of 176 million crowns a year earlier. (Reuters) http://thepeninsulaqatar.com/latest-news/249772-turkey-iraqi-kurdistan-oil-pipeline-nearly-completed.html |
| Russian Girenak Joseph, who visited Kirkuk in Kurdistan as a part of his tour throu the 1870 - 1873 AD, who published the results of his trip & his studies later in 1879, in the 4th volume in the Bulletin of the Caucasus department of the Royal Geographical Russian Society estimated Kirkuk's population as many as 12-50,000 people, & he emphasized that except 40 Christian families, the rest of the population were Kurds. As for The Turkmen & Arabs, they have not been already existed at the time. | |
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| ALAN | Aug 21 13, 9:43 Post #713 |
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The Sept deadline for completion is on schedule, well done KRG. |
| Russian Girenak Joseph, who visited Kirkuk in Kurdistan as a part of his tour throu the 1870 - 1873 AD, who published the results of his trip & his studies later in 1879, in the 4th volume in the Bulletin of the Caucasus department of the Royal Geographical Russian Society estimated Kirkuk's population as many as 12-50,000 people, & he emphasized that except 40 Christian families, the rest of the population were Kurds. As for The Turkmen & Arabs, they have not been already existed at the time. | |
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| Zlatan10 | Aug 23 13, 10:19 Post #714 |
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| ALAN | Aug 26 13, 4:32 Post #715 |
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Zlatan please provide a title for your links next time (2nd time I've asked)
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| Russian Girenak Joseph, who visited Kirkuk in Kurdistan as a part of his tour throu the 1870 - 1873 AD, who published the results of his trip & his studies later in 1879, in the 4th volume in the Bulletin of the Caucasus department of the Royal Geographical Russian Society estimated Kirkuk's population as many as 12-50,000 people, & he emphasized that except 40 Christian families, the rest of the population were Kurds. As for The Turkmen & Arabs, they have not been already existed at the time. | |
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| ALAN | Aug 26 13, 4:32 Post #716 |
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SK independence pipeline
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| Russian Girenak Joseph, who visited Kirkuk in Kurdistan as a part of his tour throu the 1870 - 1873 AD, who published the results of his trip & his studies later in 1879, in the 4th volume in the Bulletin of the Caucasus department of the Royal Geographical Russian Society estimated Kirkuk's population as many as 12-50,000 people, & he emphasized that except 40 Christian families, the rest of the population were Kurds. As for The Turkmen & Arabs, they have not been already existed at the time. | |
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| ALAN | Aug 27 13, 2:17 Post #717 |
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Afren Says south Kurdistan Production Will Rise on Pipeline Completion [11:04] 13/Aug/26 PNA - Afren, a U.K.-based oil and gas company focused on West Africa and KRG, will increase output in Kurdistan once a pipeline export route to Turkey is completed by the end of this year. “The pipeline is a positive step and we’ve agreed a tie-in,” Chief Executive Officer Osman Shahenshah said in a telephone interview. “The plan is to increase production substantially.” Afren is selling 2,500 barrels of crude a day into the domestic market on trucks in the semi-autonomous northern Iraqi region, Shahenshah said. It maintained its guidance for full-year production for the whole company at 40,000 to 47,000 barrels of oil equivalent a day. Soran Ali - See more at: http://www.peyamner.com/English/PNAnews.aspx?ID=319051#sthash.32P9yc0W.dpuf |
| Russian Girenak Joseph, who visited Kirkuk in Kurdistan as a part of his tour throu the 1870 - 1873 AD, who published the results of his trip & his studies later in 1879, in the 4th volume in the Bulletin of the Caucasus department of the Royal Geographical Russian Society estimated Kirkuk's population as many as 12-50,000 people, & he emphasized that except 40 Christian families, the rest of the population were Kurds. As for The Turkmen & Arabs, they have not been already existed at the time. | |
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| Halo | Aug 29 13, 2:40 Post #718 |
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only a couple km left http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLEbAoY17y8 |
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| Deleted User | Aug 29 13, 3:03 Post #719 |
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How much will the pipeline be able to transport? |
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| ALAN | Aug 29 13, 3:04 Post #720 |
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300k at start up increasing then it will reach 1 million bpd by 2015 |
| Russian Girenak Joseph, who visited Kirkuk in Kurdistan as a part of his tour throu the 1870 - 1873 AD, who published the results of his trip & his studies later in 1879, in the 4th volume in the Bulletin of the Caucasus department of the Royal Geographical Russian Society estimated Kirkuk's population as many as 12-50,000 people, & he emphasized that except 40 Christian families, the rest of the population were Kurds. As for The Turkmen & Arabs, they have not been already existed at the time. | |
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| Deleted User | Aug 29 13, 3:18 Post #721 |
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Thank you for the info,kak Alan ![]() So when they say we will export 2 mil barrels by 2019,they mean a new pipeline? |
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| the SUN child | Aug 29 13, 7:20 Post #722 |
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Huh? Is BP, a British multinational company is going to steal our Kurdish oil from Kerkûk together with the Arabs? This is unacceptable. What is KRG is going to do about this? Baba and Avana are also Kurdish, right?
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| ALAN | Aug 29 13, 1:23 Post #723 |
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they have tried multiple times they cant bcos those areas are run and controlled by kurds. FulcrumKAF: yes indeed 2nd and 3rd pipelines will be built by then but the current one can take up to a million alone by 2015 though.
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| Russian Girenak Joseph, who visited Kirkuk in Kurdistan as a part of his tour throu the 1870 - 1873 AD, who published the results of his trip & his studies later in 1879, in the 4th volume in the Bulletin of the Caucasus department of the Royal Geographical Russian Society estimated Kirkuk's population as many as 12-50,000 people, & he emphasized that except 40 Christian families, the rest of the population were Kurds. As for The Turkmen & Arabs, they have not been already existed at the time. | |
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| ALAN | Aug 30 13, 1:02 Post #724 |
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZScq07QRJJs |
| Russian Girenak Joseph, who visited Kirkuk in Kurdistan as a part of his tour throu the 1870 - 1873 AD, who published the results of his trip & his studies later in 1879, in the 4th volume in the Bulletin of the Caucasus department of the Royal Geographical Russian Society estimated Kirkuk's population as many as 12-50,000 people, & he emphasized that except 40 Christian families, the rest of the population were Kurds. As for The Turkmen & Arabs, they have not been already existed at the time. | |
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| ALAN | Aug 31 13, 1:18 Post #725 |
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BP wants to work in Kirkuk oil fields, KRG will disallow BP or any company to work in Kurdish Kirkuk which falls under KRG's control http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y44rRGgBg5s |
| Russian Girenak Joseph, who visited Kirkuk in Kurdistan as a part of his tour throu the 1870 - 1873 AD, who published the results of his trip & his studies later in 1879, in the 4th volume in the Bulletin of the Caucasus department of the Royal Geographical Russian Society estimated Kirkuk's population as many as 12-50,000 people, & he emphasized that except 40 Christian families, the rest of the population were Kurds. As for The Turkmen & Arabs, they have not been already existed at the time. | |
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they have tried multiple times they cant bcos those areas are run and controlled by kurds.
1:46 AM Jul 12