THis is pretty good analysis of the situation and the possible pitfalls.


Iraq: Iraqi Kurdistan is so afflicted by mismanagement and corruption that people are calling for change, writes Michael Jansen in Sulaimaniyah

Turkish economic sanctions and the threat of military action against Turkish Kurdish rebels holed up in the inhospitable Qandil range along the border with Iran are undermining confidence in the Iraqi-Kurdish semi-autonomous region and its government.

Since Iraq's Baathist regime was ousted in April 2003, the Kurds have imposed relative security. They have forged ahead with plans for rapid development in the hope that progress here will bring peace to and generate growth in the 15 restive provinces to the south.


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The Kurds have something the Palestinians don't have, oil. I think in the end the Kurds will overcome their problems.

I think the Kurdish leaders need the PKK, as much as the US needs AQ.