Bulletin de liaison et d'information - Institut kurde de Paris
Bulletin de liaison et d'information - Institut kurde de Paris
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Turkish Daily News opinion poll on future of northern Iraq<br />
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Turks: Baghdad or Ankara should control<br />
northern Iraq; Provi<strong>de</strong> Comfort should go<br />
On Iraq: Majority<br />
feels Saddam is no .<br />
threat to Turkey<br />
Turkish Daily News<br />
ANKARA- A majority of Turks feel it isin<br />
Turkey's security interests that either northern<br />
Iraq should be given back to the control. of<br />
Saddam Hussein's administration in Baghdad<br />
or Ankara should control the region, according<br />
to a public opinion poll conducted by the<br />
Turkish Daily News research <strong>de</strong>partment. .<br />
The poll also showed that a majority of<br />
Turks do not want the Provi<strong>de</strong> Comfort force<br />
to remain in the region and feel Saddàm<br />
Hussein is not a threat to Turkey.<br />
The pollwas. conducted by random samplin~<br />
in the city centers of Ankara, Istanbul, .<br />
IZffilr and Antalya and covered 2,004 samples.<br />
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According to the poll 36.03 percent of<br />
those questioned felt if northern Iraq was<br />
given back .to the control of Saddam<br />
Hussein's administration in Baghdad this<br />
would serve Turkey's securityinterests.<br />
Another 34.68 percent feft Turkey should<br />
be given full control of northern Iraq.<br />
Only 9.28 percent said northern Iraqi<br />
Kurdish lea<strong>de</strong>rs.should control the area.<br />
But that was lower than the 17.76 which<br />
felt international control was nee<strong>de</strong>d in the<br />
region.<br />
The Iraqi territorj that falls to the north of<br />
the 36th parallel was <strong>de</strong>clared a ':safe-haven"<br />
Saddam: Turks do not feel threathened<br />
for Iraqi Kurds by the United Nations<br />
Security Council in 1991 to keep Saddam<br />
Hussein from takirig revenge for an uprising<br />
after his Gulf War <strong>de</strong>feat.<br />
A task force called "Operation Provi<strong>de</strong><br />
Comfort" was established in mid-1991 to protect<br />
the enclave against Saddam's forces. The'<br />
force is comprised 'jf 48 U.S., French and<br />
British planes and i, stationed at the lncirlik<br />
air base in southem Turkey. Turkey extends<br />
the mandate of the Provi<strong>de</strong> Comfort force<br />
Question: What should Turkey do in northern Iraq<br />
to maintain its own security?<br />
~>. a: The regi~n should be given<br />
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