Epstein Secrets

o two legislators who spoke on the condition of anonymity because of political sensitivities. And a move to annex Kirkuk could ignite fighting with Baghdad, which is intent on holding on to the territory — particularly Kirkuk's resources — and could alienate Western allies, who fear that Iraq's fracturin

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

ponse to the Kurds' refusal to market their oil to international buyers using the federal State Oil Marketing Organization and Iraq's New York and Baghdad bank accounts. Whereas the KRG previously received over a billion dollars in monthly transfers, Baghdad has only sent partial payments for two of t

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

that they don’t like. If NAM kills democracy, then Kurds HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_025798 --- PAGE BREAK --- leave the union. The US should help Turkey and Baghdad resovlve their issues. Portraying Turkey as a model and Iraq as a bad guy is counter productive. Turkey is trying to undermine Shia role in Iraq. JS

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