http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/ap/20050206/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/riceANKARA, Turkey - The United States wants Iraq to remain whole now that the first round of elections is over, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said in an attempt to reassure nervous Turkish leaders that Washington won't allow Iraqi Kurds to form a breakaway state.
Anti-U.S. sentiments have been strong in Turkey since the start of the war in neighboring Iraq.
DR. Rice tells Iraq to "talk to the hand" if they think they are free and independent now.