Kurd Picked As Iraq Interim President

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Kurd Picked As Iraq Interim President

55 minutes ago Middle East - AP


By ANTONIO CASTANEDA, Associated Press Writer

BAGHDAD, Iraq - The Iraqi parliament picked Kurdish leader Jalal Talabani as the country's new interim president Wednesday, reaching out to the nation's long-repressed Kurdish minority and bringing the country closer to its first democratically elected government in 50 years.

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[Dinaress]

Talibani??? heck i thought we got rid of them guys over yonder in Afghanistan?...j/k Undoubtly good to see a Kurd have that position.

[Stevo]

The Kurds have long been shortchanged by Saddam and Baghdad dispite owning the Northern Oilfields and sending all the revenue to Bagdad, never to receive anything in return. The Kurds have been overlooked and have avocated breaking away and forming their own nation of Kurdistan. Now with their leader in the Presidential office, they will receive their rightful share of the Oil Revenues. Good move to unify this Government.

[copper13]

Thats one step closer to cashing in!!! :huge: