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2005-08-21 Iraq-Jordan
Iraq's Kurds May Drop Secession Demand
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Posted by Fred 2005-08-21 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

#1 The Kurds could find themselves between a rock and 3 hard places: Arab-Iraq, Iran and Turkey. An inland state would hardly be viable. They should work on maximizing autonomy.
Posted by Vlad the Muslim Impaler 2005-08-21 03:14||   2005-08-21 03:14|| Front Page Top

#2 An inland state would hardly be viable.
Ain't it the truth. We've been trying to convince Switzerland of that for over 500 years, but they just won't listen.
Posted by GK 2005-08-21 03:22||   2005-08-21 03:22|| Front Page Top

#3 LOL!
Posted by Mona Gorilla 2005-08-21 09:50||   2005-08-21 09:50|| Front Page Top

#4 a permanent large American airbase in Kurdistan would do them and us a lot of good.
Posted by Frank G">Frank G  2005-08-21 10:59||   2005-08-21 10:59|| Front Page Top

#5 That's because the Swiss don't have Persians, Turks, and Arabs for neighbors.
Posted by ed 2005-08-21 11:04||   2005-08-21 11:04|| Front Page Top

#6 That's because the Swiss don't have Persians, Turks, and Arabs for neighbors.

And they've always got along just fine with the Germans... who obligingly put a big J on the passports of their Jewish citizens in the 1930s when the Swiss requested it.
Posted by trailing wife 2005-08-21 11:33||   2005-08-21 11:33|| Front Page Top

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