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Kurds in Turkey Who Backed Erdogan Now Fear Civil War

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posted on Nov, 1 2007 @ 11:16 AM
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Kurds in Turkey Who Backed Erdogan Now Fear Civil War


www.bloomberg.com

Nov. 1 (Bloomberg) -- Kurds in southeast Turkey voted this summer in record numbers for Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his promise to bring peace to their region. Now, with Turkish troops massed for a possible invasion of Iraq, the talk is of curtailed political rights and ethnic strife.
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posted on Nov, 1 2007 @ 11:16 AM
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20% of Turkey's population is Kurdish, thats 15 million people. Only a very small portion of that is involved in terrorism and guerilla activity, but that could all change with a Turkish invasion of Iraq. I am just completely amazed at how close we are to a massive mess igniting the Middle East and devastating the global economy but people dont seem to care.

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posted on Nov, 1 2007 @ 11:26 AM
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Oh but they will, when the price of oil goes ballistic! Everyone who owns a compact or subcompact will be in danger of F250 owners and the likes, carjacking Toyota's. (Mine is parked in the garage by the way.)



 
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