Credit: Asia Times:
An acrimonious exchange between the Turkish and Iraqi leaders underscores escalating tensions as Ankara wades into its neighbor’s sectarian politics to back autonomous Kurdish leader Massoud Barzani. Turkey needs help from the Barzani fiefdom to muzzle separatists on its eastern border, yet its desire for a share of the bounty from oil resources that are attracting American interest.
– M K Bhadrakuma
Well, remember the article on the ‘New Middle East Map’?
http://www.themuslimtimes.org/2012/04/asia/plans-for-redrawing-the-middle-east-the-project-for-a-new-middle-east