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Iraq
Turkey says US troops must stay in Iraq
2006-03-03
Turkey's foreign minister said on Thursday U.S. troops should not quit neighbouring Iraq prematurely "The Iraqis should be able to administer themselves, but we say the withdrawal of coalition forces before these things can happen would cause a vacuum, a gap,"
a Greater Kurdistan
Abdullah Gul told reporters in televised remarks. Gul reaffirmed Turkey's support for Iraq's territorial and political unity, Reuters reported.
Posted by:Fred

#6  Greater Kurdistan..
Posted by: 3dc   2006-03-03 15:26  

#5  The article Mom references is here.
Posted by: lotp   2006-03-03 09:44  

#4  See Dec. 2005, Smithsonian Magazine, "Iraq's Resilient Minority." Sorry, I don't know how to post links.
Posted by: mom   2006-03-03 09:40  

#3  At least they've learned enough to realize the downside of us leaving. Perhaps they are trainable, after all. (Sorry for that bit of technical language -- Mama's specialty was early child development as applied to the mentally retarded, and "trainable" is a step down from "educable", that is those who may not be able to learn to read and write, but can at least be taught to brush their teeth and to wipe their bottoms after toileting.)
Posted by: trailing wife   2006-03-03 06:40  

#2  Methinks the "unity" bit was the crux of the biscuit, here, lol.
Posted by: .com   2006-03-03 02:05  

#1  Funny comment from a country that did nothing to help us liberate Iraq, as a matter of fact did they not ask us to leave Turkey and deny us the use of their ports??? Turkey's comments go over there with the French comments in the "Who really cares" box.
Posted by: 49 Pan   2006-03-03 01:52  

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