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Topic: Southern Iraq to secede? Posted: 12-Aug-2004 at 14:50 |
http://in.rediff.com/news/2004/aug/12iraq.htm
Iraqi south to announce secession
Rediff Newsdesk | August 12, 2004 20:44 IST
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Posted: 12-Aug-2004 at 14:56 |
The truth is thers no such thing as an Iraqi national identity, the borders where drawn up by westerners and dont mean much, I think it would probably be best to divide the country.
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Posted: 12-Aug-2004 at 15:18 |
I agree.
But the Turks would be hopping mad if Kurdistan is born in the North. So if the US goes ahead and divides Iraq, then it would mean that they have effectively ended their alliance with Turkey. That would have momentous implications in Central Asia and the Balkans.
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Posted: 12-Aug-2004 at 15:32 |
but since the collapse of the Soviet Union, is there a reason for countries like Turkey to remain US allies worth appeasing?
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Posted: 12-Aug-2004 at 15:37 |
The US has generally been careful in disposing off allies. Even Saddam became a foe only after he messed-up bigtime.
I think the US would still like to have Turkey as an ally. It is useful against the Arabs, Russia and China. But if it dumps Turkey, then that could mean Russia emerging as a major ally of the US.
I am not sure where the Turkish army stands in all this. They would be pro-US. Would they seize power in desperation?
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Posted: 12-Aug-2004 at 15:40 |
I dont understand the fears of a Kurdistan though, if there actually is one than there would be no point in fighting for one and maybe the Turkish Kurds would move there, or soemthing.
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Posted: 12-Aug-2004 at 15:45 |
Kurdistan could embolden Turkish Kurds. It would also be oil-rich, and US-backed. Hence potential of big trouble for Turkey.
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Posted: 14-Aug-2004 at 05:31 |
I don't think Turkey will cause too many problems if (Iraqi) Kurdistan becomes independent. If they attack it, they're seriously harming their chances of EU membership.
If it doesn't go like this I'm afraid it'll be a big mess.
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Posted: 15-Aug-2004 at 19:17 |
What do the Turks have to do still to gain EU membership. Would a creation of an independant Kurdistan and the opening of friendly relations with it benefit Turkey?
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Posted: 16-Aug-2004 at 19:44 |
An independent Kurdistan in Northern Iraq would be disasterous for Turkey. The Kurds in turkey would ramp up their terror campaign to try to secede from Turkey to join the new Kurdistan.
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Posted: 18-Aug-2004 at 15:10 |
Let them
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Posted: 09-Sep-2004 at 18:39 |
I might stand alone on this situation. I think its too late to
make a Kurdistan. Istanbul, the largest city is already full of
Kurds, so Turkey cant just kick all of its Kurds to Kurdistan because
they are so settled all over Turkey. I think ok, give them
Kurdistan (even a bit of Turkey), then they should put as many Kurds as
possible in it. If Kurdistan isnt given to the Kurds, then they
will just take over Turkey anyway, its projected that Kurds will be the
majority by 2050 in Turkey, so any survival for Turks and Turkey to me
would mean giving them land and trying so shove as many as you can in
there, so at least Turks can survive.
But I guess we will see
Maybe once Turkey becomes Kurdistan in 50 years, Germany will become New Turkey
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Posted: 09-Sep-2004 at 18:43 |
its projected that Kurds will be the
majority by 2050 in Turkey |
Maybe once Turkey becomes Kurdistan in 50 years, Germany will become New Turkey |
2050 seems to be the date when all the oppressed minorities will become the majority...
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Posted: 09-Sep-2004 at 19:13 |
Its the magic number, must be some modern millenniumist thing or something.
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