It takes a special kind of ballsiness to stand tall in the face of chemical attacks, brutal executions and kidnap and sexual slavery. Luckily for northern Iraq’s Kurdish population, they are guarded by the Peshmerga. A Kurdish militia whose name translates as ‘those who face death’, they could not have a more apt name. From fighting Saddam Hussein’s genocidal Baathist … [Read More...] about A Brief History: Iraqi Kurdistan
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A Brief History: Iraqi Kurdistan
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Top 5 Crazy Marathons Around the World
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