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Iraq: Talabani's Health and Kurdish Unity

Aug 14, 2008 | 16:45 GMT

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Summary

Iraqi President Jalal Talabani is recovering after heart surgery in the United States. With his health questionable, a succession struggle among Iraq's Kurds is possible — which could destabilize the U.S. effort in Iraq at exactly the moment when Washington would rather be wrapping things up.

Iraq's Kurdish region could be on the verge of collapse....

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