Wednesday, March 28, 2007

VOA News - Kurdish Nationalists in Iraq, Turkey Seek Land of Their Own

"Kurdish Nationalists in Iraq, Turkey Seek Land of Their Own
By Simon Marks
Diyarbakir, Turkey
27 March 2007

As violent instability convulses much of Iraq, the country's neighbors are keeping a watchful eye. In recent weeks, Turkey has warned Kurds in northern Iraq not to make any moves to declare themselves independent from Baghdad. Turkey has a large Kurdish population of its own, and the government in Ankara is worried by the violence in Iraq, fearing that it threatens the country's territorial integrity. Correspondent Simon Marks traveled to the Turkish border with Iraq, and sends this report."

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