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Former Pentagon employee Rubin: Barzani selling arms to PKK



According to statements made by former Pentagon employee Michael Rubin, the US government would oppose any possible action to be taken by Turkey in Northern Iraq against PKK forces there. Rubin, who compares Mesud Barzani to the Lebanese Hizbollah leader Hasan Nasrallah, says "The Kurdish Democratic Party is sheltering the PKK in its own region, and is selling it weapons at a high price."


Rubin spoke to a Hurriyet representative in the US capital following his return from a recent trip to Iraq about his observations from Washington, DC on Mesud Barzani's tactics:

"Mesud Barzani gets everything he wants from Washington. He knows well how to use the US. And that's why President Bush looks on him warmly." According to Rubin, the Kurdish federation leader has been successful in insisting to the US authorities that "We are better allies than Turkey."

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