.krd

Reuters, Iraq's Kurds declare independence in cyberspace with .krd domain name, 14 Apr 2016 "The new top-level domain ".krd" gives Kurds a separate space in the virtual world at a time when they are gaining legitimacy on the ground through their alliance with the U.S.-led coalition against Islamic State."

International State Crime Initiative

Melanie McFadyean, Times Higher Education, Research intelligence: Big Brother backlash, 10 June 2010 "Mention the study of state crime and people tend to ask what it entails. Put simply, it is a relatively new branch of criminology focusing on states as perpetrators of crime."

"Now its profile is set to be raised by Penny Green, head of research at King's College London's School of Law, and Tony Ward, reader in law at the University of Hull, who have set up the International State Crime Initiative (ISCI), a website with grand ambitions."

See statecrime.org for more info. on archives and resources.

The site was launched by Robert Fisk. Yusuf Sayman's film "You are Turkish" and the Sayman Photo Essay on Turkey & Iraq also featured in the launch.

Dua Khalil Aswad

Patrick Cockburn, Independent, The death sentence that drags Dua back into a bloody feud, 28 Apr 2010

"The Iraqi government's decision to reassert its authority by executing the men who stoned to death Dua Khalil Aswad threatens more sectarian bloodshed...

" ... Dua was accused of converting to Islam so she could marry the Sunni Muslim man she was in love with; the killing took place in public, in the town of Bashika, and a large crowd watched her die.

"But one thing marked Dua's death out: as she struggled against her tormentors, several members of the crowd took footage of the violence on mobile phones. The killing is the only one to have been filmed, and the circulation of a video online prompted a new rise in tensions between the Yazidis and Muslims in northern Iraq."

Kurdish Qur'an

Reuters, Turkey to translate Koran into Kurdish, 18 Mar 09 "Islam's holy book the Koran is to be translated into Kurdish as part of Turkey's efforts to boost the rights of Kurds and to meet European Union political standards, the state-run religious authority said Wednesday." It'll be interesting to see if this publication emerges online.

Kirkuk Phone Tones

Phone Tones

Samah Samad, IWPR/ISN, Kirkuk Ringtones Reflect Rivalries, 24 Feb 09 "In Iraq’s most diverse and disputed province, mobile phone ringtones play a big part in the politics of identity. Kirkuk contains most of Iraq’s many religious and ethnic groups, and has been described as everything from a colourful bouquet of flowers to a powderkeg."

Germany

Earth Times, Kurd used internet to urge terrorists on: three years jail, 19 Jun 08 "In a case with major implications for the internet, a 37-year-old Kurdish father of four who used internet chatrooms to urge fellow Islamists to practice terrorism was jailed Thursday by a German court for three years. The immigrant's arrest in autumn 2006 in the poor German steel town of Georgsmarienhuette triggered worldwide speculation that police had arrested the chief of an incipient cell in al-Qaeda. The media invaded the town to interview his wife and neighbours.

"But the facts presented in court proved less dramatic and showed a man acting like millions of bloggers and chatroom denizens worldwide, typing out messages alone in their rooms while unwitting wives do the housekeeping and children play."

Exeter Nail Bomber

This is London, Nail bomb suspect released from hospital as police raid home of Kurdish men 'linked' to plot, 28 May 08 "It has emerged Reilly was set up with an internet girlfriend by his Kurdish friends and said he would do anything for her."

Asia Times, Internet myth mauls Turkish clothing firm, 14 Nov 07 "For about two weeks the Internet has been awash with unfounded rumors that LCW has been sold to Leyla Zana, the first Kurdish woman to take a seat in the Turkish Parliament. The result of the cyber-gossip has been a fourfold increase in visits to the LCW website; the number of visitors spiraled from 60,000 a month to 280,000 in five days. On the face of it that sounds like good news, but not if it is coupled with a 15% drop in sales revenue."

smh.com.au, Holy war, on message, 12 Nov 07 "In Krekar's first interview for Australian television, he cuts a lonely figure, hounded by America and the United Nations and linked to his followers only by the internet."

AP, Iraqi Mullah Appeals Norway Deportation, 9 Oct 07

NRK/Norway Post, Mullah Krekar edits propaganda Web sites, 9 Oct 07 "Krekar refuses to comment on the web pages, but NRK claims to be able to document his involvement."

Jamestown Foundation, Al-Qaeda's Media Doctrine: Evolution from Cheerleader to Opinion-Shaper, 23 May 07, "Since 1996, al-Qaeda's media operations have grown more sophisticated, pervasive and effective. From a media world in which al-Qaeda and other Islamist leaders repeatedly and simplistically urged Muslims to wage jihad "in God's path," emerged such sophisticated and multi-topic electronic journals as al-Ansar, al-Neda and Sawt al-Jihad." Useful overview by Michael Scheuer.

outlookindia.com, Citizen Jihadi, 24 May 07, "It's not traditional pan-Islamic jihadi organisations, but word of mouth and hundreds of FM radio stations that are instigating individual Muslims to acts of terrorism in the name of jihad in the tribal areas of Afghanistan-Pakistan." Interesting article.

Middle East Times, Zawahiri praises slain Taliban commander, 23 May 07 "Al Qaeda number two Ayman Al Zawahiri praised the slain Taliban commander Mullah Dadullah and called his death a "good omen for victory" against the US-led coalition in Afghanistan, in a video posted on the Internet Tuesday."

Times Online, Statement by John Reid on missing suspects, 24 May 07

AP/Jerusalem Post, Palestinian group vows to attack Lebanese army, 23 May 07 "Palestinians living in Lebanon's largest refugee camp have said they will form "Jihadi groups" to fight alongside an Islamic militant group battling the Lebanese army in another camp in the northern part of the country, according to an Internet statement posted Wednesday."

Survey: washingtonpost.com, U.S. Muslims Assimilated, Opposed to Extremism, 23 May 07 "Unlike Muslim minorities in many European countries, U.S. Muslims are highly assimilated, close to parity with other Americans in income and overwhelmingly opposed to Islamic extremism, according to the first major, nationwide random survey of Muslims." The Pew Research Center summary is here: Pew Research Center, Muslim Americans: Middle Class and Mostly Mainstream. The full report is here Muslim Americans [PDF], 108 pp. I haven't read it yet...

Media Line, Teen Stoning Sparks Anti-Honor-Killings Campaign, 23 May 07, "Women’s rights advocates, social activists and human rights organizations are launching an international campaign to stop the stoning to death of women in Kurdistan.

"The campaign was initiated after pictures of a brutal stoning of a young girl in Kurdistan were distributed on the Internet last month."