US Promises Iraq’s Turkomans Autonomy
9 July: US war planners have decided that their most useful strategic asset for
the coming offensive against Saddam Hussein is the 2.5 million Turkomans of
north and central Iraq - even more than the Kurds.
military and intelligence sources explain their reasoning:
1. The Turkomans control a vital strip separating Baghdad and central Iraq from
its oil regions in the north. After the war is over, US strategic planners plan
the establish...