Martin Zehr is an American political writer in the San Francisco area. He spent 8 years working as a volunteer water planner for the Middle Rio Grande region. http://www.waterassembly.org His article on the Kirkuk Referendum has been printed by the Kurdish Regional Government, http://www.moera-krg.org/articles/detail.asp?smap=01030000&lngnr=12&anr=12121&rnr=140 Another article was reprinted in its entirety by the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) http://www.puk.org/web/htm/news/nws/news070514.html He is a Contributing Writer to Kurdish Aspect www.kurdishaspect.com/AboutUs.html where his articles have appeared on line and in print. URL links to articles on OPEDNEWS.com can be found at: http://gregg-jocoy.blogspot.com/2007/04/mato-ska-builds-libraries-at.html

His articles have been posted widely http://www.countercurrents.org/zehr060607.htm http://rojtv.blogspot.com/2007/05/turkish-media-ramps-up-anti-kurdish.html http://greekturkish.18.forumer.com/a/nationbuilding-strategy-kurdistan_post1569.html http://asoxandan.com/Direje_E.asp?Babet=Raport&Jimare=123 http://www.balochpeople.org/eng/2007/mar/opinions2.htm http://www.kurdistantv.net/encamek.asp?ser=20&cep=1&nnimre=4643&gerbeje=Martin