Bush addresses the world- Pending War

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Originally posted by Lizra
Why is Turkey upset over the Kurds moving into Kirkuk? What's up with Turkey?

It's basically because of racism in the region really. The different factions don't get along very well. It's very similar to the problems of when Yugoslavia broke off from the Soviet Union and all the racial tensions came to the surface.

The Turks are afriad that the Kurds will break off from the rest of Iraq and set up their own country and that then there will be uprisings in Turkey. When Britain divided up the region into the countries of the Middle East as we know it today - they didn't break up between the way the "tribes" were - but gave land based on who supported them. Now you have different "ethnic groups" who never got along, were promised conflicting things by England, and they might rise up to right the wrongs of the past.

Turkey isn't the only one concerned about the Kurds. Kurdish territory also extends into Syria and Iran too. Those countries are also concerned about Kurdish uprisings and Kurdish state or country.

It's very important that the US makes sure that the Kurds work within the framework of Iraq and do NOT try to establish an independent country or state.