但在伊拉克北部的库尔德聚居区，情况却完全不同。 过去10年来，有了盟军禁飞区的保护，特别是萨达姆被推翻后，库尔德地区当局成功地建立和维持了秩序井然的政府。
In the Kurdish region of northern Iraq, however, the situation is completely different: in the last ten years, under the protection of the Allies' no-fly zone, and even more so since the toppling of Saddam, the Kurdish regional government has been able to establish and sustain a relatively orderly administration.