Article

2007-11-01 Iraq

Double-crossing in Kurdistan (asia times)

Archived material is restricted to Rantburg regulars and members. If you need access email fred.pruitt=at=gmail.com with your nick to be added to the members list. There is no charge to join Rantburg as a member.

Posted by 3dc 2007-11-01 09:31|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 "Pepe Escobar" is the author?! The fact that this unsubstantiated, unsupported piece of propaganda made it into a supposidly serious paper is a broad indictment of the Asia Times

Posted by Grampaw Unutch2991 2007-11-01 13:41|| 2007-11-01 13:41|| Front Page Top

#2 Washington played the Kurd card to destabilize Saddam Hussein's Iraq and as a beachhead for its control of the country after the invasion. Not only Iraq turned into a quagmire, Washington helped to plunge Kurdistan into the line of (Turkish) fire.

So before 2003 the Kurds and Turkey were one big happy family, huh?

Pfeh.

Posted by lotp 2007-11-01 14:00|| 2007-11-01 14:00|| Front Page Top

23:59 JAB
23:15 ed
23:13 Old Patriot
22:55 Icerigger
22:53 Thromotle Hapsburg8103
22:51 Red Dawg
22:08 Icerigger
22:03 Frank G
22:01 Zenster
21:46 Jan
21:38 trailing wife
21:34 DarthVader
21:32 trailing wife
21:30 trailing wife
21:11 Icerigger
21:07 Procopius2k
20:59 SteveS
20:58 TomAnon
20:58 Frank G
20:54 Whiskey Mike
20:53 Alaska Paul
20:47 Frank G
20:39 trailing wife
20:39 Alistaire Spains7209