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"fuck you" |
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24 Apr 2006 09:34:45 AM |
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Talabani expresses concern over Turkish, Iranian troop build-up on the border |
So what Turkey and Iran will eventually mutually agree to contain the
fighting by getting the Iranian and Turkish Kurds to fight each other.
Iran, who has a historical and ideological rivaly with Turkey, will
harbor PKK rebels and use them as a proxy against Turkey. Turkey will
likewise harbor and support Iranian Kurds. On condition for their
support, each nation will make their satelite Kurdish faction vow to
fight the other faction that is supported by their respective rival.
This will also factor into the larger Irano-American geopolitical
struggle.
Talabani expresses concern over Turkish, Iranian troop build-up on the
border
(AP)
23 April 2006
BAGHDAD - President Jalal Talabani expressed his concern on Sunday over
reported Iranian and Turkish troop concentrations on those countries'
borders with Iraq.
Turkey has moved thousands of troops to the border region in what its
military said was an offensive against Turkish Kurd guerrillas.
Iran has also reportedly moved forces to the border, and last week
shelled a mountainous region inside Iraq used by Iranian Kurd fighters
for infiltration into Iran, according to Iraqi Kurd officials. There
were no reports of casualties from Friday's artillery and rocket
barrage.
Talabani said that so far Iranian and Turkish forces have stayed on
their sides of the border.
But "I have expressed my concern over these concentrations ... Iraq
is a soveriegn independent nation that won't let other nations
interfere in its internal affairs," he said at a press conference
with US ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad in the northern city of Irbil.
Turkey has called on the United States to crack down on rebel bases in
northern Iraq, but US commanders, struggling to battle Iraqi insurgents
elsewhere, have been extremely reticent to fight the rebels, who are
based in the remote mountain areas in one of the few stable parts of
the country.
Meanwhile, Khalilzad said planned talks between the United States and
Iran over stabilizing Iraq must wait until an Iraqi government is
formed. Talabani said he would participate in any US-Iran talks.
"We see it as good that after an Iraqi government is formed, this
issue can take shape," Khalilzad said.
"If the United States holds talks alone with Iran without an Iraqi
govenrment being formed, that would certainly be a problem for the
Iraqi government," the Afghan-born Khalilzad said, speaking in Dari.
Once the governmnent is formed, "we have no problem with meetings
with Iranian officials."
Prime Minister-designate Jawad al-Maliki was tapped on Saturday to put
together a government and has 30 days to do so.
The talks _ a rare, direct high-level meeting between the Iran and the
United States _ are to deal exclusively with calming the situation in
Iraq, where Iran holds enormous influence.
But Washington is under pressure to negotiate directly with Tehran on
the nuclear issue amid rising tensions over Iran's determination to
push ahead with uranium enrichment despite a U.N. Security Council
demand it stop the program.
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