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| Iraqi Kurds, Ethnic Turks Sign Agreement |
| 2003-08-28 |
| An Iraqi Kurdish faction and an ethnic Turkish group in northern Iraq have signed an agreement aimed at preventing ethnic violence after clashes left 11 people dead last week, an Iraqi Kurdish official said Thursday. The agreement was signed between the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan and the Iraqi Turkmen Front in the city of Kirkuk on Tuesday, said Bahros Galali, the Ankara representative of the Kurdish group. "We need peace and stability in the region," Galali said. Ethnic Turks have blamed the PUK for the two days of fighting, but the Kurdish group has said it was the work of Saddam Hussein’s sympathizers. That’s what I’d be doing, dress like a Kurd and attack Turkmen and change clothes and shoot up some Kurds. Under the agreement, the sides established a joint committee to bring the culprits to justice and emphasized the right of all groups to "live in peace and in a brotherly manner." The sides promised financial assistance to the families of those killed and agreed to maintain a dialogue. Dialogue is better than gunfire. |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #1 Don't forget Murat's buddies in the Turkish Spec Ops, sneaky snaking around up there. |
| Posted by: Chuck Simmins 2003-8-28 11:13:12 AM |