Monday, October 27, 2008

A bitter war has Kurds divided among themselves

"A bitter war has Kurds divided among themselves
The PKK risks losing popular support as its increasingly bloody conflict with Turkey threatens the stability of Iraqi Kurdistan

MARK MACKINNON

Globe and Mail Update

October 26, 2008 at 11:03 PM EDT

ZAKHO, IRAQ — The streets of this bustling frontier town are crowded with trucks sporting blue and white Turkish licence plates, and billboards advertising Turkish products that are popular in Iraq. Watching the hectic flow of commerce, you'd never think that hostilities are exchanged across this border almost as rapidly as goods are traded back and forth across the same line."

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