"Ethnic Groups Try to Stake Claim on Kirkuk
Kurds, Arabs and Turkmens Vie for Political Dominance in Divisive Elections
By Jackie Spinner
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, January 30, 2005; Page A16
KIRKUK, Iraq -- Mustafa Rafiq, a 21-year-old medical student, plans to vote in Sunday's elections -- a vote, he said, that in this northern Iraqi city has more to do with the past than the future.
Rafiq, like other ethnic Turkmens in Kirkuk, will cast his ballot on behalf of his heritage in a city that three ethnic groups are now fighting to control. He couldn't care less about the political aspirations or campaign promises of those running for office, he said."
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