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Kurdistan and The Kurds A Divided Homeland and a Nation without ...

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sale of a limited percentage of Kurdish petroleum<br />

(extracted from the Arab <strong>and</strong> Kurdish regions) for the<br />

purchase of food <strong>and</strong> medication as part of the exchange<br />

of petroleum for food. <strong>The</strong>refore the United <strong>Nation</strong>s has<br />

decreed the separation of <strong>Kurdistan</strong> from Iraq<br />

economically. All Iraqi regions pay directly to Baghdad,<br />

whereas the Kurdish regions pay directly to the Kurdish<br />

people <strong>without</strong> the intermediary of Baghdad.<br />

As a result, the administrative <strong>and</strong> legal independence<br />

of Southern <strong>Kurdistan</strong> from Iraq, the declaration of<br />

petroleum in exchange of food <strong>and</strong> the decision on an<br />

independent economic plan for <strong>Kurdistan</strong> linked directly<br />

to the United <strong>Nation</strong>s, became additional pointers towards<br />

the economic independence of <strong>Kurdistan</strong>.<br />

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