While Iraqi President Jalal Talabani’s efforts to shut down the region’s independent newspaper and, possibly, imprison its editor continue, the corruption scandal in Iraqi Kurdistan has shifted to the Kurdish websites outside the grasp of the major Kurdish political parties.

Nabaz Goran asks a host of questions, here (scroll down a little). Kurdish analysts and Western journalists who have broken outside the PUK and KDP bubble can answer these.

When Qubad Talabani tries to charm congressmen or spin press, he might want to clarify whether he supports his father’s attempts to shutter newspapers and imprison journalists.