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2007-01-15 Iraq

Turk PM asserts right to intervene in Iraq (again)

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Posted by Steve White 2007-01-15 00:16|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 This isn't about the PKK. It's about the Kurds getting the northern oilfields (and Kirkuk and Ninenveh provinces).

The Turks are terrified of a viable Kurdish state since it means the end of the current Turkish state (within it's current borders).

Posted by phil_b 2007-01-15 01:00|| 2007-01-15 01:00|| Front Page Top

#2 Yup. And eventual union with the Kurds in northeast Syria and in northwest Iran.

Posted by Steve White">Steve White 2007-01-15 01:02|| 2007-01-15 01:02|| Front Page Top

#3 After Turkeys move to not let the U.S. in from the north, I'm not so sure we shouldn't at least hint to them that a Kurdish state might be possible.

Posted by Mike N. 2007-01-15 01:32|| 2007-01-15 01:32|| Front Page Top

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