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2005-04-07 Iraq-Jordan

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Posted by Dan Darling 2005-04-07 12:24:43 AM|| || Front Page|| [9 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 And have the "ethnic tensions" in Yugoslovia been resolved yet? Anybody wanna guess how long the civil war will be? Or the outcome?

[sigh]

I'm so tired of eveybody insisting they have it their way, and - oh by the way, we have yet to avenge the past inequities from 500 years ago, so now we're gonna slaughter thousands - then we'll feel better. {ad nauseum}

Posted by Bobby 2005-04-07 12:55:49 AM|| 2005-04-07 12:55:49 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 I am noticing a distinct anti-Kurd bias on the Left and in the MSM. For example the article does not mention the highly relevant fact that the interim constitution says the Arabs brought into Kirkuk will be relocated back to their provinces of origin.

Posted by phil_b 2005-04-07 3:35:27 AM|| 2005-04-07 3:35:27 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 I think the Kurds got it about right...They rely chiefly on themselves for security.

..in my humble Chinese opinion!

Posted by Chinese Whomoger1851 2005-04-07 3:41:03 AM|| 2005-04-07 3:41:03 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 To follow on from my point, since the Kurds are the de facto and now de juro government in Kirkuk, one can hardly fault them from trying to implement the agreed (interim) constitution.

Posted by phil_b 2005-04-07 3:54:28 AM|| 2005-04-07 3:54:28 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 The Kurds are the closest thing we have to an ally over there. They have implemented democratic proceses. Why would the MSM not hate them?

Posted by Mrs. Davis 2005-04-07 7:49:02 AM|| 2005-04-07 7:49:02 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 i havent noticed anything anti-kurd in the WaPo ( I dont see the NYT regularly) or the wire services - Juan Cole however is on an anti-Kurd rampage apparently.

IIUC the TAL gives Kurds the right to return to Kirkuk and reclaim their properties. I presume the arabs who were settled there can stay if they buy or rent their own homes instead of the ones confiscated from Kurds - surely there arent to be internal movement restrictions in the new Iraq?

Posted by Liberalhawk 2005-04-07 10:09:51 AM|| 2005-04-07 10:09:51 AM|| Front Page Top

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Posted by phil_b 2005-04-07 6:04:14 PM|| 2005-04-07 6:04:14 PM|| Front Page Top

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Posted by phil_b 2005-04-07 6:04:14 PM|| 2005-04-07 6:04:14 PM|| Front Page Top

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