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  1. RT @bbcme: Iraq shoe thrower faces shoe-ing: The Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at President Bush is himself t... http://bit.ly/8SEiNn
  2. Ha! (in kurdish) RT @rawaz: Iraqi journalist throws his shoes at Iraqi Shoe thrower , LOL http://bit.ly/5pgAgt
  3. RT @Rudaw: #Turkish company plans to open 5-star hotel in #Kurdistan [Rudaw] http://is.gd/58Z6F #turkey #kurdish #iraq
  4. Wow big moves for Turkey- RT @KurdishRights: New Road Signs in Turkey Show Kurdish Names http://is.gd/57ABF #KurdishRights
  5. Try new Iraq Travel Search feature, focused on quality Iraq travel blogs: http://backpackiraq.blogspot.com/2009/11/new-search-feature.html
  6. New posts on http://backpackiraq.blogspot.com/ - Post-War Art Festival in Suli, US hikers charged w/ spying in Iran, & another Kstan blog
  7. Good to see more iraqi pollies tweeting: RT @Salam: ..another Iraqi MP on Twitter @HaiderAlAbadi - head of economic committee at Parliament
  8. sweet new and old maps of Erbil, Mosul: http://bit.ly/yI2WC
  9. I highly recommend this blog http://joshberer.wordpress.com/ on Kurdistan, middle east, linguistics, Islamic art/poetry/culture
  10. blog: a summary of the issue of the tourists arrested in Iran- http://bit.ly/1HDSd8
  11. @vvanwilgenburg yours are not so boring either. which paper are you interning with?
  12. RT @KurdistaniNEWS Iraq's Assyrian Christians find temporary home in Kurdistan (McClatchy Newspapers) http://tinyurl.com/ox7kec
  13. not a good idea to accidentally hike across the border to Iran... http://bit.ly/133IL3
  14. Wired mag tells how @barhamsalih ended up on twitter in a piece on tech execs visiting Iraq- http://bit.ly/101jtN
  15. met a guy from Mosul the other night, used to bartend at Kstan hotels in the 70s. telling me how great Amadi is, up on top of the mountain.
  16. RT @salam .. amazing recent photographs of Saddam's palaces by Richard Mosse http://bit.ly/H4paf (via @kottkedotorg)
  17. some blogs with great photos of Iraqi Kurdistan- http://bit.ly/EnFud
  18. Just added myself to the http://wefollow.com twitter directory under: #iraq #backpacking #travel
  19. When I started my blog only Iraqi Kurdistan was safe for travellers - Iraq has become a lot safer since then though (but not Mosul & Kirkuk)
  20. for travellers - getting in and out of Iraqi Kurdistan - http://bit.ly/y4NAV