EFTA02028284Set 10
2012-08-1441p9,889w
Iran. All of this conjures a self-fulfilling prophecy
about sectarian war. Meanwhile, Iraqi Kurds are now
contemplating a bid for independence in a way that
they haven ... persuaded to support such a bid. 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's Kurds, who might well attempt to declare
independence, putting pressure on Iraq's Kurds to do
the same. Lebanon may be suffering
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EFTA01180446Set 9
2012-08-1427p9,833w
Iran. All of this
conjures a self-fulfilling prophecy about sectarian war. Meanwhile, Iraqi
Kurds are now contemplating a bid for independence in a way that they
haven ... persuaded to support such a bid. 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's Kurds, who might well attempt to declare
independence, putting pressure on Iraq's Kurds to do the same. Lebanon
may be suffering
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EFTA01874845Set 10
2012-08-1441p9,886w
Iran. All of this conjures a self-fulfilling prophecy
about sectarian war. Meanwhile, Iraqi Kurds are now
contemplating a bid for independence in a way that
they haven ... persuaded to support such a bid. 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's Kurds, who might well attempt to declare
independence, putting pressure on Iraq's Kurds to do
the same. Lebanon may be suffering
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EFTA00721040Set 9
2014-07-1327p13,173w
College_s„We_Don1u2019t„Kevin_Came
y_NYT_June_28,2014.docx;
As_Iraq_fractures_Kurds_find_best_opportunity_yet_to_gain_leverage_ABIGAIL_HAUSL
OHNER & BEN VAN HEUVELEN July ... want to go to Grinnell College in Iowa.
The Kurdish people, or Kurds are an ethnic group in Middle East, mostly inhabiting a region
known as Kurdistan, which includes adjacent ... parts of Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Turkey. The number of
Kurds living in Southwest Asia is estimated around 3o million, with another one or two million living
in diaspora. Kurds
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EFTA01920613Set 10
2014-06-1436p8,997w
that, in Iraq today, my enemy's enemy
is my enemy. Other than the Kurds, we have no friends in this
fight. Neither Sunni nor Shiite leaders spearheading ... about what we do and the
choices we make. Arabs and Kurds have agency, too. And the
reason that both Tunisia and Kurdistan have built islands of
decency, still frail ... Iraq, I visited Kirkuk, a
city that has long been hotly contested between Kurds, Arabs
and Turkmen. When I was there five years ago, it was a hellish
war zone
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EFTA01179511Set 9
2012-07-2320p7,009w
Syria's Chemical Weapons
Michael Eisenstadt
Article 4.
The National Interest
Erdogan vs. The Kurds
Aliza Marcus
Article 5.
The Council on Foreign Relations
Unsettled Times in Israel
An interview ... Studies
Program at The Washington Institute.
Anicic 4.
The National Interest
Erdogan vs. The Kurds
Aliza Marcus
July 18, 2012 -- In early June, when Erdogan visited Diyarbakir, the
unofficial capital ... Kurdish politicians accused
him of denying their identity by refusing mother-tongue education for
Kurds. Even Kurdish Islamists aren't fans. "Turks and Kurds fought
together to create the state
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EFTA00713321Set 9
2012-08-2717p5,987w
back in history a bit to understand exactly what we are talking
about. Kurds used to be one of the many peoples of the multi-ethnic
Ottoman Empire, to which ... subsequent Turkish War
of Liberation (1919-22), during which the Kurds fought side by side with
the Turks, with a feeling of Muslim solidarity against aggressive
"infidels."
With the formation ... Republic of Turkey, however, Kurds felt fooled
and betrayed. Unlike the Ottoman Empire, this new state, whose official
ideology was based on Turkish secular nationalism, would tolerate no
identity other
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EFTA01919881Set 10
2014-06-2734p8,367w
Sunni militants take hold of a large swath of
northwest Iraq, the Kurds, who operate a semiautonomous
province in northeast Iraq, are edging toward independence,
leaving Shiites controlling Baghdad ... EFTA01919882
Instead, Mr. Maliki has refused to make political concessions
demanded by Sunnis and Kurds. His recalcitrance has raised
concerns even among Shiites, some of whom are working with ... Sunnis and Kurds to replace him. Over eight years, Mr.
Maliki's arrests of Sunni opponents and his refusal to fully
include them and the Kurds in Iraq's political
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EFTA01917893Set 10
2014-06-2232p7,620w
Democracy Determine Turkey's
Direction?
Murat Aksoy
NYT
Turkey's Best Ally: The Kurds
EFTA_R1_00358489
EFTA01917893
Mustafa Akyol
NYT + WSJ
Fouad Aiami Is Dead at 68
ArlICIC ... journalist and writer based in Istanbul.
NY'I
Turkey's Best Ally: The Kurds
EFTA_R1_00358506
EFTA01917910
Mustafa Akyol
June 22, 2014 -- Istanbul — When the Iraqi city of Mosul ... region.
This is deeply ironic, of course, because for decades Turkey was
paranoid about Kurds and their political ambitions — both at
EFTA_R1_00358508
EFTA01917912
home and abroad. The Erdogan
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EFTA01874308Set 10
2012-07-2439p9,417w
triggered a
civil war in which all the parties in Iraq — Sunnis,
Shiites and Kurds — tested the new balance of power,
inflicting enormous casualties on each other and
leading, tragically ... ethnic cleansing that rearranged
the country into more homogeneous blocks of Sunnis,
Shiites and Kurds.
But the U.S. presence in Iraq contained that civil war
and ethnic cleansing from spreading ... Shiites enjoying
majority rule, the Sunnis out of power but not
powerless, and the Kurds securing semi-autonomy.
The cost of this transition in lives and money was
huge
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EFTA00706969Set 9
2014-06-1721p8,867w
framework garnered the buy-in of the country's key
groups—Shia, Sunni, and Kurd. As Iraqi communities were coming together, the Al
Qaeda attack on Samarra shrine, a revered ... country to a state of civil war. In the case of Kurdistan region,
the Kurds will likely demand a restructuring of relations with Baghdad, perhaps
even seeking independence. Going forward ... stability through renewed power-sharing
arrangements among the three large communities—Sunni, Shia and Kurd. Based on
conversation with Iraq's leaders, there is a consensus that Maliki must
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EFTA00701752Set 9
2012-07-2626p9,365w
triggered a civil war in which all the parties in Iraq — Sunnis, Shiites and
Kurds — tested the new balance of power, inflicting enormous casualties
on each other and leading, tragically ... ethnic cleansing that rearranged
the country into more homogeneous blocks of Sunnis, Shiites and Kurds.
But the U.S. presence in Iraq contained that civil war and ethnic cleansing
from spreading ... Shiites enjoying majority rule, the Sunnis out of power but not
powerless, and the Kurds securing semi-autonomy. The cost of this
transition in lives and money was huge
https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%209/EFTA00701752.pdf
EFTA01756330Set 10
2013-10-1916p8,466w
Kurdish Sta=e—but where and when?
Samir Salha<=p>
October 18, 2013 --=Kurds in the Middle East, according to unofficial statistics, number some =0 to 40 million people ... region.
Iraqi Kurdistan pre=ident Massoud Barzani repeated this demand again recently. "Greater Kurd=stan" is the goal,
circumstances permitting. It is not a plan for the ne=r future ... expected alternative in Syria must take into account the rights
an= demands of the Kurds—"We have trained young Kurdish Syrians to fight,=and we will fight alongside them
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EFTA02003793Set 10
2012-10-2437p8,690w
Optimism on Egypt
Jon B. Alterman
Article 4.
The Economist
Turkey, Syria and the Kurds
Article 5
Foreign Affairs
No Wars for Water
Shlomi Dinar, Lucia De Stefano, James
Duncan ... International Studies in Washington, D.C.
Ankle 4.
The Economist
Turkey, Syria and the Kurds
Oct 20th 2012 -- A GIANT Kurdish flag undulating
atop a raised plateau inside Syria faces ... Erdogan, the PYD is the
PKK—and its main enemy is Turkey. The Kurds fear
they, not Mr Assad's forces, are the target of Turkish
troops and tanks deployed
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EFTA00973764Set 9
2013-10-1924p8,672w
Awsat
A Kurdish State—but where and when?
Samir Salha
October 18, 2013 -- Kurds in the Middle East, according to unofficial
statistics, number some 30 to 40 million people ... expected alternative in Syria must take into account the rights and demands
of the Kurds—"We have trained young Kurdish Syrians to fight, and we
will fight alongside them ... preparations, and when and how will they be used?
Barzani warned those assaulting the Kurds in Syria, but the real message
was for Iran and Turkey as well
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EFTA01763816Set 10
2012-10-2716p8,571w
Egypt
Jon B. Alterman
Article 4.<1=>
The Economist=/span>
Turkey,=Syria and the Kurds
Article 5.</=>
Foreign Affai=s
No Wars=for Water
Shlomi Dinar,=Lucia De Stefano, James ... EFTA01763822
Article 4.
The Economist
=span style="font-size:28pt">Turkey, Syria=and the Kurds
Oct 20th 2012 -- A =IANT Kurdish flag undulating atop a raised plateau inside Syria faces ... Erdogan, the PYD is the PKK—and its main enemy is
T=rkey. The Kurds fear they, not Mr Assad's forces, are the target of Turk=sh troops
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EFTA01737583Set 10
2014-05-2231p8,245w
events favor Maliki, accepting his potential reappointment
would be especially difficult for the Iraqi Kurds, who
command 62 seats in the new parliament. On May 14,
Kurdistan Regional Government ... akin to a
doomsday machine that once initiated may not be stoppable;
the Kurds are making the threat because they are increasingly
desperate, fearing that Maliki's reappointment will ... transfers from the federal
government this year. That move was a response to the Kurds'
refusal to market their oil to international buyers using the
federal State Oil Marketing Organization
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