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Scott Sullivan: Turkey will block
Iran-US plan to partition Iraq
Turkey will block the Iran-US-Kurdish plan to partition Iran. Turkey, a NATO
member, is now making clear that it will not allow Iraq to be broken into
three states. Turkey is also making clear that it will intervene in Iraq
with military forces, if necessary, to counter PKK terrorism that is
protected by the Kurdish regional government.Moreover, sentiment is growing in Turkey that Iran is becoming too powerful
in the region, due to US support, as shown by Iran's recent gains in Lebanon
and Iraq. Turkey believes that Iran fosters an independent Kurdistan and the
expulsion from Iraq of the Sunni population, beginning in Basra and Kirkuk.Turkey's concerns about Iran are shared across the leadership spectrum, from
Prime Minister Erdogan to Gen. Yasar Buyukanit, recently aappointed as chief
of the Turkish general staff. See "Pressure Mounts for Strike Against Kurds
in Iraq," Andrew Borowiec, Washington Times.
Scott Sullivan is a former Washington government employee and a former Country Director for Panama, International Security Affairs, Department of Defense. Petroleumworld not necessarily share these views.
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