And then all those Gulf War I jokes about Kurds in Saddam's way will come bouncing back to us.About 70,000 Kurds converged on local government headquarters in Sulaymaniya in northeastern Iraq calling for the oil-rich city of Kirkuk - outside the Kurdish region - to become the capital of a Kurdish nation.
Banners also called on the two main Kurdish parties, the PUK and the KDP, to bury their rivalry and unite to present a stronger Kurdish challenge for independence.[...]
Some analysts fear the issue of Kirkuk could provoke civil war.
The call for Kirkuk to be made the capital of an autonomous Kurdistan is also particularly sensitive for Iraq's central government.
If Kirkuk is made the capital, Kurds may also call for Kirkuk's huge oil revenues to be only directed to them.
Aljazeera article
Friday, February 04, 2005
Here come the Kurds
This is no surprise, as it was reported that many Kurds believed their votes in this election were about Kurdish autonomy. Turkey is getting antsy about it, as they fear the Kurds in Northern Iraq will enlist the support of Kurds in Southern Turkey to be part of their independent nation. But a nice little skirmish there could get us into both Iran and Syria, who border the area, so...what the hey.
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