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...last forever. Even if they stop short of outright secession, the Kurds could still open up new conflicts in Iraq, if their impatience with the fecklessness of the Baghdad government prompts them to take action on their own-especially in determining the future status of Kirkuk, the disputed oil-rich city that the Kurds lay claim to. Said Iraq's Kurdish President, Massoud Barzani, during the farewell visit of departing U.S. Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad: "Our patience is not unlimited...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Where Iraq Works | 4/5/2007 | See Source »

...specifications. The Hamreen mountains to the right are practically deserted save for a series of sentry posts silhouetted along the ridgeline. And waiting straight ahead at the gates of Kirkuk is a natural-gas flare, an eternal flame that the locals call Babagurgur-which is the symbol of this oil-rich city...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Where Iraq Works | 4/5/2007 | See Source »

...Which is why one of Bush's least talked about proposals this week - a White House conference on building stronger civil institutions in Latin America - may well be the most important. The oil-rich Chavez can throw his multibillion-dollar largesse around the hemisphere, but he can't claim much of a reputation for spreading democratic institutions, and that's an area where the U.S. could build an advantage over the Caracas caudillo. Bush noted this week that too many Latin Americans "have seen little improvement in their daily lives, and this has led some to question the value...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bush Heads South to Mend Fences | 3/8/2007 | See Source »

...Some Sunni groups fear that their less oil-rich areas could lose out when Iraq's potentially huge wealth is distributed. The ability of regions to sign their own contracts was bitterly argued for months by negotiators from Kurdistan, where there is deep distrust of Baghdad's politicians. Under the law, companies can deal with both the central Ministry of Oil, as well as regional entities. But that concession has provoked intense anxiety that Iraq could break apart, if some regions - or perhaps even powerful Shi'ite clans in southern Iraq - calculate that they can finance autonomous states from their...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Troubles for the Iraq Oil Deal | 2/28/2007 | See Source »

...like Arabs very much, which may, well, undermine the mission. There was a coordinated series of seven bombs detonated in the northern city of Kirkuk last week, which may be a sign that the long-feared battle between Kurds and Arabs for control of that oil-rich region is about to begin. That makes it doubly unlikely that the Kurdish brigades will deploy to Baghdad. Furthermore, whack-a-mole happens: there are indications the Shi'ite militias are going to ground or leaving Baghdad to fight elsewhere, perhaps in places like Kirkuk, which means, Senator Reed says...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What It Means to Support the Troops | 2/8/2007 | See Source »

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