Kurds: The Kurds are now in Kirkuk and the Turks are foaming at the mouth. If they stay there, in that powerful city, they would be one step closer to an independent country. The Turks are terrified of this, again oil is the main player here. If the Iraqui Kurds manage to broker their independence a baby could tell you the Turkish, oppressed Kurdish people would want to join them. I figure, if the Kurds are smart, they stay in Kirkuk, visibly and emphatically, while the Americans are still there and in a fighting mode.



Turkey just got a hefty bribe (billion dollars? have to check) from the US to not invade Iraq and rout the Kurds... lets see how long that will last. My guess is, the moment the cheque clears.