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have been drawn and boundaries settled in the region.
Iraqi Kurdistan pre=ident Massoud Barzani repeated this demand again recently. "Greater Kurd=stan" is the goal,
circumstances permitting ... proceed on the bases of such changes. And this is=what we understand from Barzani's own words when
he said that it is only natural for the Kurdish people ... tomorrow the
day of confederations, and after that separation, and the declaration =f nationhood.
Barzani, the most p=werful Kurdish leader (as he became following the recent regional election=), knows
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maps have been
drawn and boundaries settled in the region.
Iraqi Kurdistan president Massoud Barzani repeated this demand again
recently. "Greater Kurdistan" is the goal, circumstances permitting ... proceed on the bases of such changes. And this is what we
understand from Barzani's own words when he said that it is only natural
for the Kurdish people ... tomorrow the day of confederations, and after that
separation, and the declaration of nationhood.
Barzani, the most powerful Kurdish leader (as he became following the
recent regional elections), knows that
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Tikrit.
The people who will pull the plug on Maliki are Kurdish leader
Massoud Barzani and other Iraqi kingmakers. The United States
is pushing them to signal unmistakably that Maliki ... current Iraqi mess is that the only stable area is
Kurdistan, whose leader, Barzani, is probably the strongest
political figure in the country. If Iran balks at removing Maliki ... Tikrit.
The people who will pull the plug on Maliki are Kurdish leader
Massoud Barzani and other Iraqi kingmakers. The United States
is pushing them to signal unmistakably that Maliki
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Kurds are similarly divided. Whereas the president of the Iraqi Kurdish region Massoud Barzani might like to join the
fight against Bashar al-Assad, Iraqi president and a Kurd, Jalal ... were
blocked by the Kurdish Peshmerga forces sharpened the bad relations between Maliki and Barzani. Meanwhile, Sunni-Shia
tensions remain high in Iraq with attacks by al-Qaida-like groups
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haven't for many years. Key Kurdish leaders,
including Kurdistan Regional Government President
Massoud Barzani, have concluded that they cannot
work with Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki -- whom
they_routinely ... This makes whatever
happens with Syria's Kurds of particular importance.
Indeed, Barzani and the Turks are wrestling against
the PKK and the Syrian regime for the loyalty of
Syria
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haven't for many years. Key Kurdish leaders,
including Kurdistan Regional Government President
Massoud Barzani, have concluded that they cannot
work with Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki -- whom
they_routinely ... This makes whatever
happens with Syria's Kurds of particular importance.
Indeed, Barzani and the Turks are wrestling against
the PKK and the Syrian regime for the loyalty of
Syria
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seats in the new parliament. On May 14,
Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) president Masoud
Barzani underlined his opposition in personal terms, stating,
"The Maliki that we knew before ... Kurds more than
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anything Maliki has previously done. President Barzani has
frequently referred to such
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uncomfortable, sometimes bizarre encounters. The leaders of the two main
Kurdish parties, Massoud Barzani and Jalal Talabani, met regularly with
both Suleimani and the Americans. While the Kurds' relationship with ... minute and taken refuge in a safe house controlled by the Kurdish
leader Massoud Barzani. "Suleimani was lucky," Dagan, the former
Mossad chief, told me, referring to the raid
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Kurds are similarly divided. Whereas the president of the Iraqi Kurdish region
Massoud Barzani might like to join the fight against Bashar al-Assad, Iraqi president and a Kurd,
Jalal ... were blocked by
the Kurdish Peshmerga forces sharpened the bad relations between Maliki and Barzani.
Meanwhile, Sunni-Shia tensions remain high in Iraq with attacks by al-Qaida-like groups
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haven't for many years. Key Kurdish leaders, including Kurdistan
Regional Government President Massoud Barzani, have concluded that
they cannot work with Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki -- whom they
routinely ... This makes
whatever happens with Syria's Kurds of particular importance. Indeed,
Barzani and the Turks are wrestling against the PKK and the Syrian
regime for the loyalty of Syria
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them from their new southern neighbors, the Sunni militants of the Islamic State. Massoud Barzani,
president of the largely autonomous Kurdistan Regional Government, has repeatedly suggested he will
soon initiate ... area has been the flash
point of a bitter territorial dispute.
A week ago, Barzani told a closed-door meeting of the Kurdish parliament that he would only pursue
independence
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seize
the disputed city of Kirkuk, which has oil. It also prompted
Masoud Barzani, the Kurdish leader, to revive the idea of
independence, a move Mr. Kerry asked
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