Excellent Reporting from Kurdistan

Independent journalist Michael Totten has been travelling through Kurdistan for the past several weeks. His on-the-scene reporting outside of Baghdad, the kind that the major media outlets seem to be avoiding in Iraq, is well worth reading. Below (assuming I've finally figured out how to add links here) is an excellent piece on life in a village formerly controlled by Ansar al-Islam.

http://www.michaeltotten.com/archives/001071.html