Resolving the Kurdish Dilemma
November 2nd, 2007 by Celest
Edward P. Joseph and Michael E. O’Hanlon, in the Wall Street Journal (subscription only), argue that the US needs to deal with the PKK, oil and Kirkuk issues at same time, making deals on all three, in order to solve the problems. They suggest that the US should make Kirkuk a “special status” city so that Turkey isn’t worried about oil revenue allowing the Kurds to create an independent Kurdistan. It would also force the Kurds to negotiate more in an oil revenue sharing agreement in Iraq.
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