Top Iraqi Kurd refuses to meet Rice

[maddezmom]

Source: AFP

ARBIL, Iraq (AFP) - The president of Iraq's Kurdish region is refusing to meet US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, who was in Iraq Tuesday, because of the US position over Turkey sending soldiers into northern Iraq, a top Kurdish official said.

President Massud Barzani, who had been due to fly to Baghdad to meet Rice, will not do so in protest, Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani said.

"It was decided that Massud Barzani would go to Baghdad to take part in a meeting with Condoleezza Rice and other officials, but he will not go now as a sign of protest against the American position on the bombings by Turkey."

"It is unacceptable that the United States, in charge of monitoring our airspace, authorised Turkey to bomb our villages," he told reporters.



Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20071218/pl_afp/iraqunrestusbarzanirice_071218144024

[MADem]

1. The Barzanis aren't rolling over like their ancestors did in the old days...

Interesting.

[donsu]

2. has this news made it to CNN this morning - not that I heard

nt

[crikkett]

3. Can you imagine being bombed?

Tis the season to put yourself in someone else's shoes.

[boricua79]

10. can you imagine yourself being shot at by PKK guerrillas? NT

[Javaman]

4. Part of the plan. alienate the kurds. kurds, although don't care for the

Iranians seek their help. Iran agrees (enemy of my enemy...) Iranian caught helping the kurds. US retaliates in response of Iranian involvement.

This is an orchestrated false flag.

[Hand]

5. Dang! And here we had this lovely small plane all ready for him... nt

[lovuian]

6. I have to admit US has screwed its allies all the way

this has really proven US can't be trusted

[Barrett808]

7. Does Slate (or was it Salon?) still have its "Kurd betrayal countdown"?

It might be especially apt now...

[lovuian]

8. K&R

:kick:
I'm just amazed how Americans just don't get that this incident is very serious and that 100,000 Turkey troops have amassed on Iraq's northern border

looking at the oil richest land in the world

and got no reistance when they went in

[JBoy]

9. Better headline: Kurd snubs Turd. n/t