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To: Elroy who wrote (315563)	12/14/2006 10:39:31 AM
From: bentway	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1578166

"I don't know if that means Iran or Turkey would invade the formerly Kurdish parts of Iraq if it declared indpendence (with US support) in the Iraqi Kurdish geography." I think that would depend on if the newly independent Kurdish area of Iraq allowed Kurdish insurgents to base themselves in their area to operate in Turkey and Iran.

To: Elroy who wrote (315563)	12/14/2006 10:44:30 AM
From: combjelly	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1578166

"I don't know if that means Iran or Turkey would invade the formerly Kurdish parts of Iraq if it declared indpendence " Maybe not. But the two have certainly stated that they would if an independent Kurdistan was formed in Northern Iraq. Sure, they might be bluffing. But they might not either.

To: Elroy who wrote (315563)	12/18/2006 4:52:34 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1578166

If Turkey invades a newly independent Kurdistan where there used to be Northern Iraq, what do they then do? Kill everyone, and leave? Kill everyone and claim they've just expanded Turkey's Southern border? They're going to have to suppress the desire of the Turkish-Kurds to secede and join, but invading the new country doesn't have a lot of positive endgames for Turkey. The Kurds have a para military that the Turks have been fighting for years in the mts. of Turkey. Turkey has contended over and over again that funding for this para military in part comes from the Kurds in Iraq. The Iraqi Kurds are also sitting on a ton of oil. It wouldn't take much for the Turks to invade Iraq particularly if the US were gone.