iraq 2017

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i am not at home until this weekend, but i wanted to touch on recent events in iraq, beginning with the referendum on sept 25th 2017 for a type of kurdish independence in the erbil area, under the leadership of the barzani clan.. i have been following this for the past few years.. going on memory, as i am not at home, masoud barzani is a sun in late leo.. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masoud_Barzani

the solar eclipse landed fairly close to his natal sun as i recall.. if someone has a specific time for him, or would like to post a day chart- please do.

the referendum was won on sept 25th, with the only international support given by israel..as a related consequence of this, the iraqi govt decided to take action against barzani on a few fronts which included taking back kirkuk yesterday.. it sounds like this wouldn't have happened so easily without the role being played by the talabani tribe here - the rival to the barzani clan- bth the 2 dominant clans in this area of iraq. there leader jalal talabani was not well for an extended time and passed away on oct 3rd 2017- just after this referendum.. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/03/obit ... -dead.html

i realize i am abbreviating the picture here, largely due typing on an ipad, without access to my astro program, but i think these events are significant in the history of iraq at this point.. i will try to provide astro charts and greater astro commentary when back around oct 21st..

iraq chart with info from astro data bank..

https://www.astro.com/astro-databank/Na ... ic_of_Iraq

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i updated the above post with some links and data..

i am looking at the oct 30 1932 chart for iraq at present.. it seems like a better match for what is happening here, not the least of it being the jupiter transit into scorpio that connects with the sun, moon and mercury positions in the 1932 chart..i can't recall what i looked at back in the run up to the war in iraq 2003.. thoughts welcome...