"....However, a Kurdish-dominated autonomous or independent Kurdistan in the north that lays claim to Kirkuk will spark intervention by Turkey and perhaps Syria. Against the backdrop of increasing terrorist attacks on Turkish interests, ongoing ethnic reconfiguration of north Iraq in favor of the Kurdish faction but detrimental to Turkomen and Arabs, and the growing restiveness of Kurdish minorities inside Turkey, Syria and Iran, Turkish-Syrian intervention is imminent. It could occur at any time. "
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Times Online :Weapons of self-destruction
