Turkey repeats warning of intervention to Kurds

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Mon Jun-21-04 11:46 PM
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Turkey repeats warning of intervention to Kurds

REUTERS , ANKARA
Turkey expressed its concern yesterday over ethnic and political divisions in neighboring Iraq and said it could not stand quietly by if Kurds took control of the major northern oil hub of Kirkuk.

Ethnic tensions have risen in Kirkuk, a city of 750,000, as political groups jostle for advantage ahead of the June 30 handover of power in Iraq from the US occupation forces to an interim Iraqi government.

Turkey fears Kurdish domination of Kirkuk and its energy resources will greatly boost prospects for Kurdish autonomy and possibly even independence, which in turn could help reignite separatism among Ankara's own Kurds in southeastern Turkey.

http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2004/06/22/2003176074

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Tue Jun-22-04 12:02 AM
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1. Holy sh*t! Boy George has started a perpetual mideast war! eom

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Tue Jun-22-04 07:23 AM
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2. And here it goes! BOOM!

Where's Axel Rose when you need him?

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