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To: George W. Bush; Turk2
From StrategyPage.comKURDISH WAR: Turks versus Turks to Help the Kurds

September 12, 2002; There is also a Turkish (Turkmen, closely related to the Turks in Turkey) in northern Iraq. The 100,000 or so Turkmen live in the Kurdish zone in the north and have joined with the the Kurds in opposing any Turkish intervention in northern Iraq.

5 posted on 02/22/2003 7:28:53 PM PST by Destro (Fight Islamic terrorisim by visiting www.johnathangaltfilms.com)
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There's some history and politics among these people that isn't readily apparent. But it would appear that some of the justification for entering Iraq to protect their cousins, the Turcomen, aren't very credible. The Turcomen don't seem to be complaining about the idea that the Kurds or Iraqis are going to pump the Kirkuk/Mosul oil either.
6 posted on 02/22/2003 8:12:44 PM PST by George W. Bush
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