IRBIL, Iraq - By ANNE GEARAN, AP - Fri Oct 6, 8:07 AM ET - Convinced oil revenue is the long-term key to economic independence for a unified Iraq, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice appealed Friday for cooperation from the autonomous and oil rich Kurdish north.
By Ahmed Rasheed and Ibon Villelabeitia Reuters - September 20, 2006; 3:00 PM
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A new judge expelled a defiant Saddam Hussein from his genocide trial on Wednesday and defense lawyers stormed off in protest after the government sacked the chief judge, throwing the month-old case into turmoil.
After a Kurdish group claimed responsibility for a series of recent bombings in Turkey that killed three civilians and injured many others, the United States appointed a retired Air Force general and former NATO commander, Joseph Ralston, to work with Turkish authorities.
Thursday, August 24, 2006 / ANKARA - The Turkish capital has dismissed the comments made by a top U.S. adviser to Iraqi Kurdish leaders regarding Turkey and the “reality” of an independent Kurdish state in northern Iraq.
22 August 2006 WASHINGTON - Ankara will not be able to prevent the founding of a Kurdish state in northern Iraq, a former senior US diplomat said late Monday. The American advisor to Iraq’s Kurdish leaders said that Kurds in Turkey would choose a Turkey in the process of joining the European Union over other alternatives.
BAGHDAD, Iraq, Aug. 23 — Defense lawyers for Saddam Hussein accused a former Kurdish militant of treason on Wednesday, arguing on the third day of Mr. Hussein’s genocide trial that chemical attacks on Kurds were legitimate acts against local militias conspiring with Iran.
BAGHDAD - Two defendants in the second trial of Saddam Hussein testified Tuesday that Iraqi troops had attacked Iranian forces and allied Kurdish guerrillas in northern Iraq, but had avoided targeting civilians.
IRBIL, Iraq - By ANNE GEARAN, AP - Fri Oct 6, 8:07 AM ET - Convinced oil revenue is the long-term key to economic independence for a unified Iraq, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice appealed Friday for cooperation from the autonomous and oil rich Kurdish north. 
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