[Thane_Banquo]

They are not improving relations with Saddam Hussein. The deal between Turkey and Iraq is with the Kurdish government of northern Iraq, not Saddam Hussein's regime. It'd be them making a deal with the Northern Alliance before we kicked the Taliban's ass out of existence.

[Pericles]

You are incorrect.

From this article: Most of northern Iraq has been controlled by opposition Iraqi Kurdish factions since the 1991 Gulf War, but the Khurmala field is controlled by the government in Baghdad, Gurel said.

[mewzilla]

Northern Iraq may be under a no-fly zone, but somehow I don't think this oil deal could go through without Saddamn's mitts in it somewhere.

[ken5050]

Turkey is sketching out its new boundaries.......