MS: Were the Kurds you met genuinely content? Most of the rural Kurds I've heard interviewed in the media seemed quite bitter about the lack of jobs and electricity provided by the KRG (apparently only 2 hours/day still in Halabja, despite no insurgency), with lots of angry talk about how the only future is searching for work in Europe. Also, did you get any idea of how strong the Kurdistan Islamic Union was in the north?