March 10, 2012
In Iraq, growing gap sets Kurdistan apart
Irbil, Iraq — To land at the gleaming new airport at this booming regional capital is to glimpse what the United States hoped a decade ago that all of Iraq might become.
Cranes swivel across a skyline whose glittering high-rises and five-star hotels bring an air of Dubai grandeur. Modern malls with brightly lit boutiques do a brisk business.
Modern, wide highways include pedestrian bridges, some with escalators.
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