Baghdad-Kurd Divide


	Baghdad-Kurd Divide

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10-21-2007 2:30 PM

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/da73a315-1cfe-4045-9d27-40585ab130d0/E0A57A4A-EFD5-424E-884F-96F7EEB3B095/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://kurdistanobserver.servehttp.com/Oct-2007/18-10-07-kurds-baghdad-differences-on-tkyy.html" href="http://kurdistanobserver.servehttp.com/Oct-2007/18-10-07-kurds-baghdad-differences-on-tkyy.html" style="font-size: 11px;">kurdistanobserver.servehttp.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://kurdistanobserver.servehttp.com/Oct-2007/18-10-07-kurds-baghdad-differences-on-tkyy.html">Mixed Iraqi reactions to the threat of an incursion 
by Turkey have revealed the conflicting agendas of the central government in 
Baghdad and the autonomous Kurdistan administration in the north.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://kurdistanobserver.servehttp.com/Oct-2007/18-10-07-kurds-baghdad-differences-on-tkyy.html"><DIV>
"The Iraqi government is taking a position of giving in to Turkey," senior 
Kurdish politician Mahmud Othman said.</DIV>
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"Iraqi-Turkish dialogue without Kurdish representation will not reach a 
successful conclusion because the issue is about this region," he added.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://kurdistanobserver.servehttp.com/Oct-2007/18-10-07-kurds-baghdad-differences-on-tkyy.html">
Kurds, who count for 20 percent of the 26 million Iraqis, hold central roles in 
the new Iraqi institutions:</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://kurdistanobserver.servehttp.com/Oct-2007/18-10-07-kurds-baghdad-differences-on-tkyy.html">
Kurdistan region has all the trappings of an independent state -- its own 
constitution, its own parliament, its own flag, its own army, its own border, 
its own border patrol, its own national anthem, its own education system</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://kurdistanobserver.servehttp.com/Oct-2007/18-10-07-kurds-baghdad-differences-on-tkyy.html">Kurdistan has acquired its own parliament, including a 
government and a president: Massoud Barzani, whose family have been at the heart 
of the Kurdish struggle for independence from Baghdad for generations. 
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