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- ↑ Voice of America: "Iraqi Kurds Get Out The Vote" (13 December 2005)
- ↑ Newark Star Ledger, New Jersey: "Iraqi recruits still a thorn in U.S.'s side" (16 November 2004)
- ↑ PBS, Elizabeth Farnsworth: "The view from Iran" (March 6, 2003)
- ↑ christian science monitor, Annia Ciezadlo: "Fragmented leadership of the Iraqi insurgency" (December 21, 2004)