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To: KyrosL who wrote (21486)	3/15/2002 10:35:44 PM
From: Dayuhan	Read Replies (2) of 281500

Turkey would say that. If we attack Iraq, we will be searching eagerly for proxies to assist us. One available proxy group would be the Kurds in northern Iraq. If they help us, they will ask a price, and that price will be either an independent Kurdish state or an autonomous Kurdish region, bordering Turkey. This state or region would inevitably be used as a base for terrorist attacks within Turkey, and any arms we provide to the Kurds are likely to be used in such attacks. The other available proxy for a war against Iraq would be the Shiites in the south. Of course they are avowed fundamentalists, and their organizations are closely tied to, and some would say dominated by, Iran. It makes one wonder how practical a proxy war against Saddam would be, and also what sort of government we envision for a post-Saddam Iraq.

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