"Key issue in Iraq is Kirkuk -- an exclusive interview with Omer Laciner
Thursday, February 17, 2005
The most important question seems to be that of Kirkuk which Laciner describes as the key to Iraq because of the abundance of oil resources and because various ethnic groups have lived there together for centuries
GUL DEMIR
ISTANBUL � Turkish Daily News
The Iraqi Election Commission announced the results of elections held on January 30. The Iraqi United Alliance won the elections achieving 47.6 percent of the vote. It was reported that 58 percent of the 8.5 million eligible citizens voted. The Kurdish United List came second with 25.4 percent of the vote and interim Prime Minister Ayad Allawi's party Iraqi list received 13.6 percent of the vote. "
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