Jalal Talabani, Kurdish Leader and Iraq’s First Postwar President, Is Dead at 83
He used the largely ceremonial position as a bridge-builder during an intensely violent period in the years after the American-led invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein. [Source]
Publication Date:Origin: nytimes.com
Category: Kurds
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