DTIC ADA479079: The Kurds in Post-Saddam Iraq

by: Defense Technical Information Center

Publication date: 2005-05-05

Topics: DTIC Archive, Katzman, Kenneth, LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE, *INTERNATIONAL POLITICS, IRAQ, POLITICAL SCIENCE,

Collection: dticarchive; additional_collections

Language: English

Iraq's Kurdish community, repressed by previous Iraqi governments, has become a major force in post-Saddam Iraq. The Kurdish-inhabited regions of northern Iraq are relatively peaceful, reconstruction is proceeding there, and the Kurdish leaders now have senior positions in the post-elections government. However, there are concerns that the Kurds might use their political strength to serve their own interests at the expense of a unified Iraq.