Ain Kawa
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Is a small village East of Arbil in Arbil Province in Iraq. It was one of the Centres of the CIA controlled ICD, until Saddam Husseins forces invaded in 1991, with the cooperation of Barzani (2). Recently it has become a home for thousands of Internally displaced persons,(3) mostly christians fleeing Mosul and Baghdad escaping persectution(4).
It had been home to the Jacobite christians for some centuries(2)
[edit] References
- (1) http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,985183,00.html?promoid=googlep "Saddams CIA coup"
- (2) International Journal of Kurdish Studies | Date: 1/1/2006 "The Kurdish tribes of the Ottoman Empire."
- (3) http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_kmafp/is_200412/ai_n8607366 "Kurdish Christians await Christmas with excitement and trepidation"
- (4) Michael Luo; The New York Times; 18/10/06 Wisam H. Habeeb and Khalid al-Ansary "Threat rises for Iraqi Christians"
