"US magazine claims Turkey giving arms, money to Turkmenis in Kirkuk
In a statement to the US News & World Report, an unnamed US source told the magazine that 'Turkey, which fears an independent Kurdistan, is supplying arms and money to the Turkmen population in Kirkuk.' According to the article, Shiites in Kirkuk have allowed Mehdi Army militias to take up position in Kirkuk in order to put up a front against the Kurdish forces."
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