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Kurds Lead Charge to Oust Iraqi Leader

US tries to stave off no-confidence vote against PM Maliki

(Newser) - Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is under fire again, this time from Kurdish politicians who say he hasn’t followed through on promises he made after the Kurds propped him up last summer. A Kurdish/Sunni coalition against Maliki almost has enough votes to depose him, a development the US fears would set back already-sluggish political progress, the Washington Post reports. More »

More about:  Iraq Nouri al-Maliki Kurds Iraq government Kurdistan Jalal Talabani Massoud Barzani Ali al Sistani

If Turks Cross Border, It's War: Kurdish Prez

Says Turkiey is trying
to undermine Kurdish prosperity in Iraq

(Newser) - Kurdish President Massoud Barzani has warned the Turkish government that any move into his territory will be considered a declaration of war. The warning came yesterday as Turkish troops attacked separatist PKK guerrillas inside Turkey, killing 20, reports the London Times . Turkish officials have charged that the largely autonomous Kurdish region of Iraq is harboring the militants. More »

More about:  Iraq Iraq war Turkey Kurdistan PKK Recep Tayyip Erdogan Kurdistan Workers' Party Massoud Barzani

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