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Is it time for an independent Kurdistan?
By: Frontline
Posted: Sep 3 08
Witnessed: 1955 times
Regions: Iraq, Syria, Turkey
Issues: Armed conflict, Discrimination, Humanitarian
Tags: Frontline Club, iraq, Kurdistan, Kurds, syria, Turkey
With Iraqi Kurds now almost totally independent of Baghdad, is the time right for talk of a new pan-Kurdish state or are regional autonomies the only way forward?
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