Two intense military insurgencies in Iraq, with the Sunnis and Shia, not enough for you? Do you agree that everyone wants to fight in Fallujah, but only real men want to go to Kirkuk? Do you think that if a spot of war is good for the soul, then even more must be even better? Do you think that the greater the violence, the more evidence that our policies are working? Then good news for you!
Al Hayat reports that Masoud Barzani, leader of the KDP, has chosen this calm and peaceful moment to re-open the question of the Kurdish identity of Kirkuk and has threatened to "wage a war to defend the Kurdish identity of the city." (AFP has the story here).
Oh goody! Can we have a war against all three major Iraqi ethnic groups at the same time?!? Would that count as a civil war?
While this is probably just rhetoric, it certainly doesn't contribute to a warm fuzzy feeling of national reconciliation either.
For more on the Kurds and their frustration, don't miss Peter Galbraith's new piece.
Sweet.
Posted by: praktike | September 09, 2004 at 05:19 PM