"US Must Deter the PKK
June 12, 2007 01:36 PM EST
So far, US policy in the Turkish-Kurdish conflict has boosted the PKK. The US has repeatedly warned Turkey against using force in northern Iraq. The US has backed up Iraq's offer to protect the PKK in northern Iraq with Iraqi (and therefore US) troops. The US backs Iraq's plan to stage a referendum this year transferring the city of Kirkuk and its oil wealth over to Barzani and the PKK. Finally, in relations with Iraq, the US maintains a series of bilateral policies that favor the Kurdish secessionists, such as not requiring the Kurds to fly the Iraqi flag on their territory (more of these US pro-Kurdish policies art detailed below)."
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