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Bomb
in Iraqi Kurdistan kills boy, 4, wounds two others: police
Bahceli: Barzani's Statement Is Unacceptable How Kurdistan's first suicide bomber changed his mind Interrogations link Al Qaeda to Iraq Two hundred Iraqi Kurdish immigrants land in southern Italy Turkey, Iraqi Kurdish Tensions High Jalal Talabani Interview with Asharq Al-Awsat Iraqi Kurd Fighters Seen More Organized Iranian troops deployed on Iraqi border: Kurds Saddam's son says Iran not al-Qaeda behind Kurdistan Islamist group KDP Slams Berlin Embassy Seizure as "Terrorism" Barham Salih: The Radical group Ansar al-Islam Plans Attacks Talabani Wants US Date for Post-Saddam Poll U.S. Monitors Kurdish Extremists raq orders banks to be opened in Kurdistan Saddam will not stop me being a Kurd
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Barzani
Asserts Kurds Will Not Give Up Kirkuk
Kurdistan Observer Sep 16, 2002 The President of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, Massoud Barzani, has disclosed that while the US has not informed the Iraqi opposition parties about the date of any military attack against Iraq, the US has stated its decision to topple Saddam's regime. In an interview with the Kuwaiti daily al-Qabas, Barzani denied that the liberated areas of Southern Kurdistan have three airports that are currently operational, noting that there are two or three runways where planes do not land and their capacity to support aircraft is not ensured. On the issue of relations of Southern Kurdistan with Iran and Turkey, President Barzani warned both Iran and Turkey that intervention in Southern Kurdistan and Iraq in the event of a US strike would be "costly" and backfire on their own security and stability. When asked about the status of the city of Kirkuk, Barzani asserted that Southern Kurdistan will not give up Kirkuk in the framework of a new federated state of Iraq.
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