[Mb-civic] Iraqi Kurds See Chance to Press for Statehood

Tue Feb 1 11:18:56 PST 2005

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Iraqi Kurds See Chance to Press for Statehood 
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Despite gains in Sunday's vote, those who want independence are less willing to settle.

By Jeffrey Fleishman
Times Staff Writer

February 1 2005

CHAMCHAMAL, Iraq &#8212; A cane leans on the door and the old tribal leader sits in the sun below the citadel. With a whisper, he could summon 1,000 armed men. He chooses not to. 

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