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ization campaigns, many Kurds were forced to leave. The ethnically mixed area has been the flash point of a bitter territorial dispute. A week ago, Barzani told a closed-door meeting of the Kurdish parliament that he would only pursue independence after formalizing Kurdish control of Kirkuk and other di

if you want to go to Grinnell College in Iowa. The Kurdish people, or Kurds are an ethnic group in Middle East, mostly inhabiting a region known as Kurdistan, which includes adjacent parts of Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Turkey. The number of Kurds living in Southwest Asia is estimated around 3o million, with a

ish region. Indeed, the budget cut has incensed the Kurds more than EFTA_R1_00024230 EFTA01737600 anything Maliki has previously done. President Barzani has frequently referred to such a cut as "an act of war," and on May 14 he warned that "those who cut the budget of Kurdistan are going to pay the

viously done. President Barzani has frequently referred to such a cut as "an act of war," and on May 14 he warned that "those who cut the budget of Kurdistan are going to pay the price of that decision." Regardless of the rights and wrongs of the federal and KRG positions, these are among the worst poss

an put non-uniformed people in Iraqi Kurdistan. Kurdish conflict with NAM is about oil. These are big bets. NAM is saying you oil companies can go to Kurdistan or Basra but not both. Immediate neighbors of Kurds are Sunnis who also dislike NAM. What would US position be if Iraqi forces fought with Kurds? Ma

actions. Syria and Iraq: would be in our interests if Syria issue was not seen as Sunni v Shia. We would like an opposition that is more broad based. Barzani could help by trying to get Syrian Kurds integrated into Syrian opposition. Baghdad-Ankara relationship is very bad. They want to get rid of NAM so p