Saudi Arabia offers Kurds 2 billion dollars to give up Kirkuk

[sabra]

Source: DPA

Baghdad - A Shiite newspaper published in Baghdad reported Tuesday that Kurdistan President Massoud Barzani had turned down a 2-billion-dollar offer from the Saudis in return for giving up demands to have oil-rich Kirkuk as the capital of Kurdistan.

Al-Bianh al-Jadidah newspaper said that the Saudi offer was made to Barzani and Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Borham Saleh when they visited Saudi Arabia last month.

The Saudis asked for a 10-year freeze on the Kurdish demand to incorporate Kirkuk in the north of Iraq into Kurdistan.

The newspaper said that an Iraqi government source, who did not want to be named, said both Barzani and Saleh had declined to give in to Saudi pressure to give up the 'Kurds' historical rights to the city.'

Read more: http://news.monstersandcritics.com/middleeast/news/article_1286353.php/Saudi_Arabia_offers_Kurds_2_billion_dollars_to_give_up_Kirkuk

[xultar]

1. Ahhhh....no. Money can't buy heritage.

[aquart]

2. I note they didn't bother to try that with Jerusalem.

Same deal, ducks. No sale.

[Lint Head]

3. Never forget.

15 of the 19 hijackers that killed 3,000 people in the WTC on 9/11 were Saudis. They need to Shut the F%*k Up! :dem:

[leveymg]

4. Kirkuk sits on the largest oil fields in N Iraq. The Kurds have thusfar refused to sign the hydro-

carbon law that would hand 81% of all Iraqi oil to four U.S. and UK-based multinationals, led by Exxon-Mobil, in which the Saudis have a major ownership stake.

The Saudis are basically trying to bribe the Kurdish leaders to sign over most of the region's future wealth.

No deal.

[DavidDvorkin]

5. Does that mean that $2 billion is now available?

Hey! Over here! Is there something you'd like me to give up? I could move out of my house. ...

[donsu]

6. so is this why snake Cheney went to saudia arabia?

to get the saudis to try and get Kirkuk away from the Kurds?

[lovuian]

7. if you can't take it by force Make a deal

this only confirms to me that the Saudis are either the boss of Bush & Cheney or they are their puppets

Saudis realizing America can't pull this off