This is particularly troubling. given the fact that the Kurds are struggling under the weight of two embargos: The U.N. blockade of all of Iraq. and an additional Iraqi blockade on the Kurdishheld areas. If an attack comes. it is likely to target the city of Sulaimaniya and its environs. which. although controlled and governed by the Kurds. is south of the 36th parallel. which marks the southernmost limit of the nofly zone. Sulaimaniya has a population of 800.000. any attack would likely spark an exodus of refugees reminiscent of the Kurdish flights of 1987 and 1991. An Iraqi attack. and the subsequent refugee flight. would be catastrophic. With the situation in Bosnia already diverting so much of our attention from the domestic agenda. the United States does not need another international crisis. We must act swiftly to prevent this from occurring.
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