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A threat of a Sunni-Kurdish confederation or a test balloon?

Another Turkish-Iraqi ties hec­tic day as Iraq sum­moned the Turk­ish ambas­sador to express unease over Turkey’s poli­cies towards Iraq, while Ankara and Irbil become closer as Turkey’s most senior diplo­mat held unan­nounced meet­ing with Masoud Barzani, leader of the Kur­dis­tan … Con­tinue read­ing

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Iraqi Kurds play untraditional regional game in the struggle for power in Syria

Using every oppor­tu­nity to seize the power to their side play­ing the king­maker role, Iraqi Kur­dish Coali­tion right now plays a deci­sive role in future of Maliki’s gov­ern­ment, but on the regional arena and look­ing to Syria, the Iraqi Kurds … Con­tinue read­ing

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Iraq: Allawi, Maliki .. Confrontation reached its climax

Anti-Maliki demon­stra­tion in Lon­don .. 10-06-2011 (see video below) While al-Maliki suc­ceeded in emp­ty­ing the con­tents of the Friday’s demon­stra­tion by plan­ning a mass demon­stra­tion led by tribal elders who started to attack Anti-Maliki demon­stra­tors (video shows pro-Maliki groups attack the … Con­tinue read­ing

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