"Turkish foreign minister says flying Kurdish flag in northern Iraq 'dangerous'
The Associated Press
Published: September 4, 2006
ISTANBUL, Turkey Turkey's foreign minister warned the leader of the Kurdish region in the north of Iraq on Monday that his decision to replace the Iraqi flag with the Kurdish one was "dangerous."
Abdullah Gul also said the Iraqi government had to take action against the order given by Massoud Barzani, which was interpreted by many as a symbolic step toward the separation of the Kurdish region from the rest of the country."
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