1.   At the same time, Turkey has escalated its war against its own Kurdish minority, turning southeastern Turkey into a free-fire zone.

2.   A decade ago, Baghdad showed its willingness to use poison gas against Iran and against its own Kurdish minority.

3.   A plan allowing Iraq to export oil was suspended by the United Nations after Iraqi troops attacked a Kurdish minority group two weeks ago.

4.   A portion of the money must be used to pay war reparations to Kuwait and to feed the Kurdish minority.

5.   Alongside the issues of social justice and religious fundamentalism, Turkey also confronts the question of how to deal with its large Kurdish minority.

6.   But it would horrify Turkey, an American ally, never mind Iran and Syria, each of which has its own Kurdish minority.

7.   By ordering the attack, Hussein appeared willing once again to test U.S. resolve to protect the Kurdish minority.

8.   If Turkey is to become acceptable to the EU, it will have to respect the rights of its Kurdish minority.

9.   In each of these countries, regimes have effectively contained and weakened the Kurdish minority.

10.   Kurds now dream of an autonomous region within a democratic Iraq, which would be acceptable to Turkey with its large Kurdish minority.