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U.S. official criticizes Iraqi Kurds

A U.S. official, in a television interview aired Saturday, blamed Kurdish authorities in northern Iraq for raising tensions with neighboring Turkey recently. David Satterfield, senior adviser to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, told the pan-Arab satellite channel Al-Arabiya that Iraqi Kurds are not doing enough to stop violence on Iraq’s northern border with Turkey. He said the U.S. was mediating in talks between the Iraqis and Turks over the feud. Full Story