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I've got a serious question for you. The Turks are poised at the border of Iraq threatening to intervene if the Kurdish forces remain in Kirkuk and Mosul. Fortunately, it appears that they are withdrawing as US troops enter.

But, as long as the Kurds aren't threatening to declare an independent country (which they aren't, at least yet), how long can Turkey insist that Kurds NOT go into Iraqi cities? The Kurds are Iraqis, after all, and if they want to move to Baghdad, Basra, or Mosul, I really don't think it's any of Turkey's business.

Turkey, like the US can determine what her business is and is not..

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The order given by the PUK commander a few nights ago to enter Kirkuk w/o US go ahead nor knowledge was a test for both the US and Turkey. What they are doing now, in fact, what the US is having them do now, is a direct result of Turkish sabre rattling.

Te part about them being Irakis remains to be enforced and then proven. Right now it's wise to live in the moment, rather than romantically living in the distant and dreamy future..