"Kirkuk tensions could spark Iraq civil war, Turkish intervention: report
AFP: 1/27/2005
BAGHDAD, Jan 27 (AFP) - Ethnic tensions in the disputed northern Iraqi oil hub of Kirkuk are the biggest threat hanging over the country's stability and could spark a regional conflict, the International Crisis Group (ICG) said in a report received Thursday.
'In northern Iraq, largely unnoticed, a conflict is brewing that, if allowed to boil over, could precipitate civil war, break-up of the country and in a worst-case scenario Turkish intervention,' said the report. "
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