But it was not without devastating loss to Kurdish allies.

This warning was passed on to the Kurdish and Iraqi allies.

This page has emphasized the need for Iraq's majority Shiites and their Kurdish allies to be more inclusive in dealing with the Sunni Arab minority.

At a sign from Father Gregorios his Kurdish ally released him from his powerful grip but stayed behind him watching him closely.

On the northern front it operated with special operations forces and Kurdish allies in tying down Iraqi forces.

The van was seized on April 19 at a checkpoint controlled by Kurdish allies near Tallkayf in northern Iraq.

No other force in Iraq, however, including Mr. Hussein's new Kurdish allies, appears to have the military power to conduct such an operation.

In 1979, a widescale rebellion erupted, as the Kurdish Democratic Party of Iran and its Kurdish allies resisted the new regime.

Our Kurdish allies will do their bit to hold Iraq together.

It is separated from Mr. Hussein's forces by territory controlled by Kurdish allies of the United States whom it has fought.