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October 14, 2011

Kurdish Strategy for Iraq: Divide & Exploit

Ranj Alaaldin, The Guardian

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By facilitating a dysfunctional coalition driven by suspicion in Baghdad, Kurdistan has been able to further its own ambitions.

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TAGGED: Kurdistan, Baghdad, Iraq

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