Najmaldin Karim remembered as hero of Kurdish cause
These were difficult times for the Kurds. After years of success against ISIS they were now threatened by Baghdad, Iran and Turkey in the wake of an independence referendum.
Iraqi parliament speaker Salim al-Jabouri (L) meets with Kirkuk Governor Najmaldin Karim, in Kirkuk, Iraq, October 26, 2016(photo credit: REUTERS/AKO RASHEED)BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
