Comments on: Local Kurds to protest Turkish action in Northern Iraq today http://thinktrain.net/2008/02/27/local-kurds-to-protest-turkish-action-in-northern-iraq-today/ Thu, 25 Feb 2010 13:32:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Will http://thinktrain.net/2008/02/27/local-kurds-to-protest-turkish-action-in-northern-iraq-today/comment-page-1/#comment-11657 Will Sat, 01 Mar 2008 00:34:41 +0000 http://thinktrain.net/2008/02/27/local-kurds-to-protest-turkish-action-in-northern-iraq-today/#comment-11657 Hey Rob, Thanks for your interest and comments! We got involved in this project because Nashville is representative of many mid sized cities with growing international communities and there hasn't been a lot of study on what it all means. Cities like Nashville are becoming the new "Ellis Island" so to speak for the US and its interesting to see how those cultures thrive in unexpected places. Who would have thought Little Kurdistan would find its home in Nashville TN. We posted a new entry looking at the many issues affecting Nashville's Kurdish community this week. Check it out if you get a chance. Hey Rob,

Thanks for your interest and comments!

We got involved in this project because Nashville is representative of many mid sized cities with growing international communities and there hasn’t been a lot of study on what it all means. Cities like Nashville are becoming the new “Ellis Island” so to speak for the US and its interesting to see how those cultures thrive in unexpected places.

Who would have thought Little Kurdistan would find its home in Nashville TN.

We posted a new entry looking at the many issues affecting Nashville’s Kurdish community this week. Check it out if you get a chance.

]]> By: Rob Robinson http://thinktrain.net/2008/02/27/local-kurds-to-protest-turkish-action-in-northern-iraq-today/comment-page-1/#comment-11619 Rob Robinson Wed, 27 Feb 2008 19:11:52 +0000 http://thinktrain.net/2008/02/27/local-kurds-to-protest-turkish-action-in-northern-iraq-today/#comment-11619 I think you're right that not enough attention has been given to this issue. To be fair, I did find some of the information above from WNPT, which has devoted significant time to this story and has produced a documentary about the local Kurdish community. Kudos to them for raising awareness of what I think is a fascinating situation. I think you’re right that not enough attention has been given to this issue.

To be fair, I did find some of the information above from WNPT, which has devoted significant time to this story and has produced a documentary about the local Kurdish community. Kudos to them for raising awareness of what I think is a fascinating situation.

]]> By: Southern Beale http://thinktrain.net/2008/02/27/local-kurds-to-protest-turkish-action-in-northern-iraq-today/comment-page-1/#comment-11616 Southern Beale Wed, 27 Feb 2008 17:34:36 +0000 http://thinktrain.net/2008/02/27/local-kurds-to-protest-turkish-action-in-northern-iraq-today/#comment-11616 RE: "It’s at least the second time that local Kurds have protested action by Turkey since last October" and "Kurds were outraged when Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein was executed," that's news to me. I think the only time our local snooze media paid attention to the Kurds in our area was during the Iraq election, when they got to wave their purple fingers for the TV cameras. I guess now that Kurdish interests don't match the American government's propaganda needs, the local media ignores them. RE: “It’s at least the second time that local Kurds have protested action by Turkey since last October” and “Kurds were outraged when Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein was executed,” that’s news to me. I think the only time our local snooze media paid attention to the Kurds in our area was during the Iraq election, when they got to wave their purple fingers for the TV cameras. I guess now that Kurdish interests don’t match the American government’s propaganda needs, the local media ignores them.

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