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Thursday, August 18, 2005

Go there, for my wife's commentary...
Maybe love is blind, but this guy looks to me like one hell of a hunk. As promised, it's Mr. UD in full peshmerga uniform. The intensely hospitable Kurds (Mr. UD drank more tea in four weeks over there than he had in four years), overhearing him mention his admiration for their look, found a uniform perfectly fitted for a 6'1" Pole.

Among the many tales he's come back to tell, UD finds this one particularly moving: Iraqi Kurdistan is the only Kurdish area in the world where the Kurdish flag flies. Apparently quite a few Kurds in other countries routinely make their way to the Iraqi border just to stand there and gaze at it.
Posted at: 8/18/2005 04:57:00 PM