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N.
Barzani calls for a Federal Democratic Parliamentary State in Iraq.
Islamist
extremists suspected of being behind northern Iraq blasts
Telephone
Lines Cut off from Kirkuk's Kurdish Districts
Turkey
Warns Kurds on Kirkuk: here Is a Red Line Not to Cross
Turkish
Regime Could Censor Net
White
House Meets With Iraqi Opposition Groups
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Germany Owes Us Help", Jalal Talabani
DER SPIEGEL
June 18, 2002
DER SPIEGEL interview with Kurdish leader Jalal Talabani on the looming war of the
Americans against Saddam Hussein and the Kurds' fears of the Iraqi ruler's revenge:
"If it was up to us, we would favour a change of government through democratic change
with the help of the Iraqi opposition, rather than a war. ... We will not fight in any war if
we are not also included in the scenarios for a democratic, federal Iraqi state. ... If the
American intervene in Iraq, we'll see what happens. Maybe Saddam will be stupid enough
to attack us in Iraqi Kurdistan. Of course we would then defend ourselves and launch a
counter-attack." back
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