IRAQ: U.S., BARZANI BLOCK IRAQ-TURKEY 'ECONOMIC, MILITARY' BRIDGE.
From: IPR Strategic Business Information Database
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Date: 5/27/2001
London's "Al-Hayat" on 21 May reported that the United States has foiled Iraqi attempts to conclude an agreement with Turkey that would set up a direct economic bridge bypassing areas under the Kurdish administration's control and allow the pumping of oil and the flow of goods. Kurdish sources told "Al-Hayat" that Turkish Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit had presented the plan to Mas'ud Barzani, who was in Ankara at the time, but he categorically rejected it. The Iraqi plan calls for ...
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