“Turkey is ‘dealing with the (Kurdistan) region as an independent state, and this is rejected by us,’ Maliki said in a soon-to-be broadcast interview with a Turkish television channel, according to the statement on his website. If Turkey ‘wants to establish good relations, its relations with the region must be built through the gate of Iraq,’ Maliki said.” [Cracks in the dike]
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/08/11/turkey-treating-iraqi-kurdistan-as-independent/
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