[Cathryn Mataga]

Interesting. Yeah, my understanding is that there are a lot of radical Islamic fundamentalists in the Kurdish areas. So, that's another reason why the US won't support a Kurdish state. I think that's what this is all about.

Still, this could be Yugoslavia all over again -- and maybe independent Kurdish state will be unstopable. That's what I wonder.

[palmer]

Maybe more like Bosnia where we created a federation between groups that hated each other. Currently Saddam is suppressing nationalist ambitions, but that will become our job once he's gone. I for one am not looking forward to it.