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| Iraqi Kurds kiss and make up. E-e-e-ew! |
| 2002-09-09 |
| The leaders of the two main Kurdish factions that control northern Iraq have signed a reconciliation agreement as the United States tries to forge a united front against Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein. The two Kurdish factions run an autonomous enclave in northern Iraq and can mobilize some 75,000 fighters but have been deeply divided despite their hostility toward Saddam. Sammy's been doing his best to keep them that way, too... "Circumstances have dictated that we work together," said Safeen Dizayee, representative of one of the factions, the Kurdistan Democratic Party, in Ankara. "The rapprochement between the two sides gained momentum after Sept. 11." Jalal Talabani, leader of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, or PUK, and Massoud Barzani, head of the KDP, met this weekend in the Iraqi Kurdish city of Irbil to discuss ways of working together and resolving their differences. The meeting was the first open meeting between the two in three years. Barzani and Talabani reportedly met clandestinely in April in Germany to discuss possible plans of overthrowing Saddam. Looks like they think they've got a good chance of doing just that... According to a joint statement, the two sides agreed this weekend to set up a committee to discuss "formulating a united political position on regional and international" issues. The two sides also agreed that a regional Kurdish assembly would meet on Oct. 4. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
| #1 "Circumstances have dictated that we work together." Translation: "you kids start behaving and play nice with each other or I'll come up there and spank both of you!" Don't you just LOVE the langauge of diplomacy? |
| Posted by: Steve White 2002-09-09 14:40:18 |