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Turkmen Front Rep: Kirkuk Will Become Kurdish And Then Separate

By Cihan News Agency
Wed 16, 2005

The Iraqi Turkmen Front's representative to Syria, Ersad Salih, has announced that Kurdish leaders will make  Kirkuk more Kurdish by taking office in the Baghdad government.

"Kurdish leaders Jalal Talabani and Massoud Barzani have never hidden their demands or ambitions for a Kurdish state. They will not achieve their goal right now, but after they take part in the government that will be formed in Baghdad, Kirkuk will become more Kurdish," said Turkmen Front official.

Salih also said that poor representation of Turkmen in the January 30th elections was due to joint strategies by the US and Kurdish groups. He concluded that "The instability created in Telafer and Mosul obstructed true representation in these elections. We have officially applied to the relevant authorities to submit our objections, but the Elections Committee cannot do anything for Turkmen."