Shoveled at us ad nauseum by the Zionist-controlled War Dailies.
Sunni Arabs win power-sharing deal in Kirkuk
KIRKUK, Iraq - Sunni Arabs ended a yearlong political boycott yesterday in Kirkuk, the hub of Iraq's northern oil fields, under a cooperation pact that marked a bold attempt at unity before a planned referendum on control of the strategic region.
The Sunni-Kurdish deal, urged by US diplomats, could also move ahead other reconciliation bids demanded by Washington but stalled by disputes that include sharing oil wealth and compromising with Sunnis who backed Saddam Hussein's Ba'ath party.
Apart from the petrodollars at stake, Kurds have a strong cultural and emotional attachment to Kirkuk, which they call "the Kurdish Jerusalem." But Kirkuk's Arabs - who include many Shi'ites resettled by Hussein - largely favor continued rule by Iraq's central government.
I thought Hussein just killed Shi'ites and Kurds?
Turkey and other countries in the region with Kurdish minorities have long feared that Kurdish rule of Kirkuk would encourage Kurds to break away from Iraq.
Sunni Arabs hold only six of the provincial council's 41 seats. The Kurdish bloc dominates with 26 seats, largely because Sunni Arabs across Iraq sat out the last provincial elections, in 2005.
Turkomen, the smallest of the area's main ethnic groups, hold nine seats. They also prefer rule by Baghdad, but have lobbied for their own sovereignty if Kirkuk is swallowed by the Kurdish region.
Kurds are generally thought to have a slight majority in the province, with Sunni Arabs close behind. But a census has not been conducted in 50 years.
Returning Sunni lawmakers said they hoped an Arab deputy governor would prevent their bloc from being steamrolled by the Kurds."
Hey, what is going on with Turkey and its war on the Kurds, MSM?
Hello?
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