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...fate of Kirkuk has loomed large in Turkish negotiations with Washington, and, needless to say, there's not much in the Turkish position for the Kurds to love. Their initial response to the suggestion of even a small Turkish buffer zone 15 miles inside Iraqi Kurdistan was to demand that Turkish troops there be placed under U.S. command - a demand rejected by Turkey, and which the U.S. has reportedly been forced by Ankara's resistance to drop. Kurdish leaders have warned that any Turkish troops in Iraqi Kurdistan would be regarded as invaders. In order to forestall the prospect...
...many in Kirkuk, the looting was the only blemish on the day they've been dreaming of for years. "Why did the peshmerga let them come?" asked Qasim Khosid, a Kurd. "The leadership is guilty for letting this happen and blackening our face in front of the world. We don't know who is in charge...
...Noori family, like 30 per cent of those in Chamchamal, are from Kirkuk. They were driven out by Saddam's forces during an anti-Kurd pogrom, called the Anfal, in 1998 and 1999. The younger brothers would like nothing more than to push through the Iraqi lines encircling the city once they collapse and join what is expected to be a civilian uprising. "We want to fight with our lives," says...
...effective force's attacking Saddam's troops from the north. Forty ships carrying the 4th Infantry Division and its equipment have been awaiting orders to deploy to Turkey. If the vote stands, they will have to steam to Kuwait or other destinations to deploy by air to bases in Kurd-controlled northern Iraq--at least two weeks of extra travel. U.S. commanders say they can handle it. But the rejection is also a diplomatic blow that could set back U.S. efforts to get U.N. backing for the war against Iraq...
...Arab: 60% Sunni Arab: 20% Sunni Kurd: 17% Other...