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| Iraq Endorses Arab Relocation for Kirkuk |
| 2007-04-01 |
| BAGHDAD -- Iraq's government has endorsed plans to relocate thousands of Arabs who were moved to Kirkuk as part of Saddam Hussein's campaign to force ethnic Kurds out of the oil-rich city, in an effort to undo one of the former dictator's most enduring and hated policies. The contentious decision was confirmed Saturday by Iraq's Sunni justice minister as he told The Associated Press he was resigning. Almost immediately, opposition politicians said they feared it would harden the violent divisions among Iraq's fractious ethnic and religious groups and possibly lead to an Iraq divided among Kurds, Sunni Arabs and Shiites. The plan was virtually certain to anger neighboring Turkey, which fears a northward migration of Iraqi Kurds _ and an exodus of Sunni Arabs _ will inflame its own restive Kurdish minority. More at link... |
| Posted by:Dave D. |
| #5 I support ethnic cleansing as an interim solution. Although no US regime would formally support same, the Tigris River is becoming the Sunni-Shiite dividing line in Baghdad. Military blogs have reported that US troops who facilitate protected movement of civilian ethnics, are not being targeted. Maintaining the status quo was not possible. As for Turkey, Kurds are classified as "Mountain Turks." |
| Posted by: Sneaze 2007-04-01 08:39 |
| #4 Turkey which fears a northward migration of Iraqi Kurds WaPo really should invest in a map of Iraq. Kirkuk is south of the current Kurdish region. |
| Posted by: phil_b 2007-04-01 08:01 |
| #3 Latakia is nice this time of year. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2007-04-01 06:44 |
| #2 Good. Now give Kurds access to ports. |
| Posted by: gromgoru 2007-04-01 06:39 |
| #1 Am I reading that correctly? Are the Kurds getting Kirkuk? Good for them. They've been carrying northern Iraq since the invasion, its time they get a reward. |
| Posted by: Mike N. 2007-04-01 00:13 |