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Barzani Warns Again On Turkish Troops

Juan Cole 10/16/2003

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Barzani Warns Again on Turkish troops

Kurdish leader Masoud Barzani gave an interview to al-Sharq al-Awsat in which he warned again of the severed dangers posed to Iraqi security by the US plan to invite Turkish troops into the country. Asked if he thought the US was ignoring the Interim Governing Council on this issue, Barzani implied that it was too soon to tell. In another interview, Barzani warned the Americans themselves that if they overstay their welcome they may be targeted by an Iraqi resistance movement. And this is a US ally speaking!

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Juan Cole is the founder and chief editor of Informed Comment. He is Richard P. Mitchell Professor of History at the University of Michigan He is author of, among many other books, Muhammad: Prophet of Peace amid the Clash of Empires and The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Follow him on Twitter at @jricole or the Informed Comment Facebook Page

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