US Must Abandon Goal of Unified Iraq - Kurdish Advocate

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US President Barack Obama’s airstrikes in northern Iraq are helpful – but will not stop the country’s inevitable breakup, Kani Xulam, head of a pro-Kurdish group, told our source on Tuesday.
“It was good that Obama came forward and protected the Kurds, but his desire to put Iraq together comes too late. Iraq is artificial – it’s neither a legitimate nor a linguistically-similar state. Unless Iraq has a very weak central government, it has no prospect of holding together,” Xulam, director of the American Kurdish Information Network, said.

US must end drone strikes in Pakistan as this is continued violation of our territorial integrity – PM Nawaz Sharif

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The US must end drone strikes in Pakistan on the pretext of the war on terrorism; Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said ahead of his crucial meeting with US President Barack Obama at the White House on Wednesday. He also added that this issue has become a "major irritant" in the bilateral ties between the two countries.

Sharif said the issue of US drone strikes has deeply disturbed and agitated people of Pakistan. "This issue has become a major irritant in our bilateral relations. I would therefore stress the need for an end to the drone attacks," he said.
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