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| Iraq | |
| Kurdish vote stirs tensions in oil rich region | |
| 2007-07-18 | |
Some outsiders have urged the Kurdistan and Iraqi governments to hold off on implementing Article 140. The Brussels-based International Crisis Group suggests the process lacks legitimacy among Arabs, Turcomans and others. But Kurdish officials say they have had little luck trying to negotiate any practical compromises with their main Sunni or Turcoman opponents. “We are talking about a constitution. It is not a menu for a restaurant,” says Mohammed Ihsan, a Kurdish member of the multi-ethnic commission overseeing Article 140. “The constitution is something fixed and you have to implement it.” | |
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