The US and Israel saw groups of ethnic Kurds based in Iraq as potential forces to arm Iranian protesters and help bring regime change. But the Kurdish leaders say mixed signals and lack of clear planning from Washington meant that, ultimately, a Kurdish intervention never materialized. The World’s Shirin Jaafari reports.
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