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To: Mark Hamilton
If Turkey goes into Iraq bigtime they get the worst of all worlds. No EU membership. A nasty Kurdish war. No American support on either of the two aforementioned problems.

The Kurds have earned the autonomy they seek. We don't owe it to Turkey and Iran to keep them down.
16 posted on 03/16/2003 3:24:34 PM PST by Tokhtamish
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To: Tokhtamish
"The Kurds have earned the autonomy they seek. We don't owe it to Turkey and Iran to keep them down."

Iraqi Kurdish special force soldiers wearing their new camouflaged uniforms and red berets drill at the Lesger Taaibet military camp near Atrush in northern Iraq (news - web sites), March 16, 2003. Some three thousand special force members out of the 80,000-strong Iraqi Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP), one of the two Kurdish factions in the region, are training at the camp.

A Kurdish special forces soldier from the Iraqi Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) is camouflaged behind trees during an exercise at the Lesger Taaibet military camp near Atrush in northern Iraq (news - web sites), March 16, 2003. Some three thousand special force members out of the 80,000-strong KDP, one of the two Kurdish factions in the region, are training at the camp against any possible war.

An Iraqi Kurd special forces soldier aims his Kalashnikov during training at the Lesger Taaibet military camp near Atrush in northern Iraq (news - web sites), March 16, 2003. Some three thousand special force members out of the 80,000-strong Iraqi Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP), one of the two Kurdish factions in the region, forces are training at the camp for any possible war.

Special forces members of the Iraqi Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP), one of the two Kurdish factions in the region, training at a military camp in Atrush in northern Iraq (news - web sites), about 100km (60 miles) from the Turkish border, March 16, 2003. With Iraq on a war footing, U.S. President George W. Bush (news - web sites) headed for an emergency summit on Sunday with close allies Britain and Spain that could start the countdown to an invasion.

20 posted on 03/16/2003 6:24:43 PM PST by Happy2BMe (HOLLYWOOD:Ask not what U can do for your country, ask what U can do for Iraq!)
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