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donsu Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-02-05 12:57 PM
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Selling Kurdistan via California

http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/GH03Ak01.html

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Inside the Green Zone - the location of the US Embassy and major Iraqi government offices - officials are struggling to forge an acceptable constitution by the mid-August deadline. Outside the relative safety of that enclave, the insurgency continues apace as demonstrated by daily suicide bombings and civilian casualties.

While the Shi'ite leaders of the government are negotiating deals and solidifying ties with Iran, and the Sunnis remain mostly disaffected from the political process, the Kurds appear to have mastered a dual strategy of participating in government decisions while at the same time taking matters regarding their future into their own hands.

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In a parallel strategic track, however, the Kurdish Regional Government appears to be keeping its options open, recently hiring Russo Marsh & Rogers (RM&R) - a Sacramento, California-based public relations firm with close ties to the Republican Party - to promote its interests.

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RM&R's Joe Wierzbicki said, "Our job with the Kurds is to carry out a public relations campaign that will thank the American people for supporting the war in Iraq and encourage Americans to visit and invest in the Kurdish region."
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