"'US Discreetly Reinforcing N. Iraq Military Bases'
By Cihan News Agency
Published: Wednesday 16, 2005
zaman.com
US military bases have been discreetly reinforced in the Kerkuk (Kirkuk) region against the possibility that Turkey might intervene militarily if Kurds take control of the city.
An article by Simon Tisdall published in the British newspaper the Guardian yesterday (February 15) indicated that Kurdish success in Iraq's elections on January 30th, have fuelled Turkey's concerns about Kurdish independence. Tisdall's 'World Briefing' titled 'Poll Success Fuels Turkish Fears over Kurdish Independence' pointed out that the Kurdish Alliance of Jalal Talabani and Massoud Barzani won 59 percent of the provincial council vote. The Turkmen Front, meanwhile, which represents a minority that Ankara has promised to protect, received only 18 percent. "
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