The Kurds in Post-Saddam Iraq

Katzman, Kenneth

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

关键词: Kurds;    Foreign policy;    Foreign relations - U.S. - Iraq;    Foreign relations - Iraq - U.S.;    Politics and government;   

RP-ID  :  RS22079
RP-ID  :  RS22079_2009Jun03

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来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

This report discusses the state of the Kurdish-inhabited region of northern Iraq, which has been fairly peaceful since the fall of Saddam Hussein; however, the region is also home to friction with Christian and other minorities, with Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and other Arab leaders of Iraq, and with neighboring Turkey and Iran. The report also addresses other general political issues and tensions in the Kurdish region, and how said tensions might affect and be affected by the projected U.S. drawdown of U.S. forces in Iraq between now and August 2010.