European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 13, 1995, Darmstadt, Hesse                                A murderous Case of sibling rivalry. Atrush Camp a patriotic Union of Kurdistan Center of 14,000 inhabitants sits in a Valley Between Salah and Din and Erbil Iraq by Bill Sammon staff writer Lakhu Iraq a despite . Attempts to mediate peace among warring kurd in Northern Iraq the two major factions appear More bitterly divided than Ever. 7 . Diplomats Hope to sponsor a meeting As Early As this week Between leaders of the patriotic Union of Kurdistan and the Kurdistan democratic party which Are fighting Over control of Northern Iraq. A similar meeting last month in Dublin Ireland produced a cease fire agreement although fatal skirmishes began to erupt just four Days after the Accord was signed a we dragged them kicking and screaming to Dublin because we basically told them we re not going to put up with them anymore a said . Army col. Daniel p. Brownlee co commander of ground forces in operation provide Comfort in Northern Iraq. A they grudgingly acknowledged that they re Only hurting themselves a. Kip spokesman Abdul Aziz agrees. A when you ask me about the two parties fighting i feel shame a Aziz said. A believe me we Are  these Brothers have an often deadly Case of sibling rivalry. But at least they tried to resolve some of their differences at the Dublin conference Quot they addressed some of the major a Headquarters of the Puk prime minister contrast with the poverty outside its Gates. Problems a a Revenue sharing and government responsibility and authority Shar r ing a Brownlee said. A but probably the biggest thing they did no to accomplish is that its really become personal Between Puk Secretary general Jalal Talaban and Kip Leader Massud Barzani. A they used to Call each other names but its gotten so Low Down and dirty now that its almost a vendetta Type thing a Brownlee said. A a it a almost like they be gone too far a its of that you called my Mother a Low Down Low life but now that you be called my sister that we can never agree.�?T. A a it a personal and in Many ways Irra it Puk prime minister Kos at Raul Alt blames the kurdish democratic party for the fighting. Be Kradin Anwer Mustafa a kurdish shopkeeper pleads for a change for the better. Tonal a Brownlee said. A a they re kind of masochistic. They can to help but. Shoot themselves in the foot a. One of the major disputes involves the distribution of fees collected at a lucrative Iraq Turkey Border crossing controlled by the Kip. A eighty percent of the total Revenue of the iraqi Kurdistan Region comes from there and the Kip a or the Barzani family a has been keeping this a said Puk prime minister Kos at Rasul Ali a More than 100 million . Dollars have been transported to the Bank All this Money belongs to the people of  / Quot. Kip officials deny the charge. Brownlee said an army of accountants would not be Able to sort out the dispute. A the finances Are so messed up Andy the accounting a so messed. Up a Brownlee said. A everybody knows that everybody a been skimming and cheating at both ends for so Many years that its like you can to go Back and say a of we should get this much and you should get that much a because nobody even knows what those numbers were and its been put into Swiss Bank  another key Issue is the demilitarization of Northern iraqi cities such. As Erbil. The Puk seized control of this City earlier this year from the Kip. Both sides blame the other for starting the fight. Plans Call for the two sides to dissolve their militias and form a joint regional Security Lorca that would have its bases outside iraqi cities. Only local police and. Security forces would operate within the  a. A. A. Both sides agree that Erbil should be the first City to be demilitarized but disagree on a timetable. Kip officials said Erbil could have been demilitarized As Early As a week ago but  said it could take up to a year. As the Region sinks further into despair the bickering is beginning to Wear thin on everyone from shopkeepers to soldiers from Farmers to construction workers from refugees to intellectuals. A the Puk and Kip Are each fighting for themselves instead of working together for the people a said Ali Ahmed Samer a professor of geology at an Erbil College. A a it a keeping the economic situation very very bad. There is no work for Many people. And human rights Are very Low no. One can be sure if his family is Safe a a a a a a a. A. Samer said he has a a very very weak Hope that . Efforts to broker peace will succeed a because All previous attempts have  be Kradin Anwer Mustafa.  a a a.  a /a1 a the fighting hurts not Only our people and Economy but also our health Cauca Tion arid culture a said Mustafa sitting Cross legged on the Stone floor of a tiny shop where he Sharpens knives and scissors. A i done to know whose fault it is a Kip or  a . State department officer who was one of four american diplomats at the Dublin conference said the fighting among kurd in Northern Iraq has become so a bizarre Quot that it is difficult to. Predict the outcome of talks. Interviewed in Salah and Din the officer who asked that her name not be used warned that a the instability in Northern Iraq is not Only a threat to the people in this Region but also to one of our allies  Brownlee said this is one reason Why the United slates and Turkey must continue to press for peace Between the. Puk and Kip. A a we re Gonna have to push them a Brownlee said. A keep the pressure  wednesday september 13,1995 the stars and stripes 25