Overnight attack silences independent TV Station in Kurdistan

Protests all over the Middle East have lead to violence and death. This particular attack occurred as hundreds of protesters demonstrated in central Sulaimaniya in northern Iraq. There were 70 people reported injured and one dead. What is interesting is that most of the protesters demonstrated opposition to the current Kurdistan regional president, Massoud Barazani. The attackers fired at the NRT TV building, which is the first independent television station in Northern Iraq. In correlation, two other protests occurred in cities south of Baghdad. One specific demonstration protested the lack of jobs. There are many things going on in the Middle East, and interestingly enough it all seems to be connected together, and has the ability to affect the entire world.

http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/meast/02/20/iraq.protests/index.html

By: Jasmina Vukovic