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Article: IRAQ - Mutual Turkmen-Kurdish Suspicions.
- Article from:
- APS Diplomat Redrawing the Islamic Map
- Article date:
- January 10, 2005
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Although they have never trusted each other, the Turkmen and Kurdish communities have one suspicion in common: that they might eventually be abandoned or double-crossed by the US. But this suspicion is dwarfed by what each of the two ethnic groups is trying to do against the other: Because the Kurds have brought in Israeli "guests", including the Mossad, as a guarantee that their enclave will be protected against a Turkish invasion, Turkmen have allowed Wahhabi insurgents into their midsts while their ITF rivals are housing members of the Turkish secret service.
That Turkey and Israel have good relations - or that Gul can even venture to mediate between Israel ...