Lashkari

Azad Lashkari/Reuters Policemen stood in line at a polling station in Arbil, 190 miles north of Baghdad.

At Iraq's Voting Sites 2010

Azad Lashkari/Reuters Policemen stood in line at a polling station in Arbil, 190 miles north of Baghdad.

At Iraq's Voting Sites 2010

Azad Lashkari/Reuters Policemen stood in line at a polling station in Arbil, 190 miles north of Baghdad.

At Iraq's Voting Sites 2010

Azad Lashkari/Reuters Policemen stood in line at a polling station in Arbil, 190 miles north of Baghdad.

At Iraq's Voting Sites 2010

Azad Lashkari/Reuters Policemen stood in line at a polling station in Arbil, 190 miles north of Baghdad.

At Iraq's Voting Sites 2010

Azad Lashkari/Reuters But this weekend a number of candidates from outside those two parties are trying to change that equation and capitalize on dissatisfaction with the status quo.

Iraqi Kurds Head to the Polls 2009

Azad Lashkari/Reuters IRAQI MODELS: Models presented creations by Erol Albayrak at a trade fair in Arbil, Iraq, about 190 miles north of Baghdad, on Tuesday.

Today's Photos: April 30 2009

Azad Lashkari/Reuters GRADUATION TEST: A blindfolded Kurdish security officer demonstrated his skills during a graduation ceremony in Arbil, Iraq, Thursday.

Today's Photos: April 16 2009

"I will not disarm, because I do not trust the government to protect me," Mir Lashkari told me.

The Lawless Frontier 2000

"The government wants to destroy the tribal system, but there are no institutions to replace it," the head of the Raisani tribe, Nawabzada Mir Lashkari Raisani, told me inside his walled compound, which was protected by white-turbaned bodyguards armed with Kalashnikovs.

The Lawless Frontier 2000