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Article: The importance of being neutral.(relationship of Iraqi Kurds with the United States and Israel)
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- Kurdish Life
- Article date:
- March 22, 2007
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It takes no Delphic Oracle to divine that Kurds in Turkey are not neutral. Nor are Kurds in Syria. Nor are Kurds in Iran. But for the Iraqi Kurds, the trick is how to appear neutral while obviously siding with the U.S. and Israel, a task more difficult by the day.
In April, when Kurdish soldiers were dispatched to Baghdad, the New York Times reported that "American commanders consider them a critical part of the new Baghdad security plan because of their fighting prowess and neutrality in the conflict between the Arab sects ... Arabs see them as a neutral force, the Americans say."
Here's how Captain Benjamin Morales, American commander of the partner ...