Kurdistan now is jointly ruled by two factions, the Kurdistan Democratic Party and the PatrioticUnionofKurdistan.
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The victims were Kurdish Shias, according to a statement posted on the website of the PatrioticUnionofKurdistan.
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Talabani's PatrioticUnionofKurdistan (PUK) is one of two groups that have dominated Kurdish politics for decades.
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The KDP accused Iran of intervening on the side of the PatrioticUnionofKurdistan in the conflict in northern Iraq.
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But there could also be a struggle within Iraqi Kurdistan, where Talabani's PatrioticUnionofKurdistan party shares power with the Kurdistan Democratic Party.
Ús de puk en anglès
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But if the PUK's patronage system begins to unwind, loyalties could shift.
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Next morning Paup-Puk-Keewiss got all his young warriors ready for a fight.
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Paup-Puk-Keewiss found himself standing near a prairie, having reassumed his mortal shape.
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That would give the PUK much-needed leverage in ongoing negotiations over government formation.
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Puked on bad meat a few times, working out the kinks.
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Paup-Puk-Keewiss thanked him, and told him he was in search of more adventures.
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It was only then that Paup-Puk-Keewiss found he was really dead.
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Paup-Puk-Keewiss determined to visit them, although he was advised not to do so.
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At length a wary bird cried out, Paup-Puk-Keewiss is killing us.
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And under their ruins where crushed the mortal bodies of Paup-Puk-Keewiss and the manito.
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The PUK is a historic rival of the KDP but supports the referendum plan.
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He answered, that he was in search of adventures, and his name was Paup-Puk-Keewiss.
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Paup-Puk-Keewiss pursued him for sport; sometimes he was before him, sometimes flying over his head.
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Paup-Puk-Keewiss agreed, and they ran before all the warriors.
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Puked after, and cried while they cleansed the cuts.
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One of them landed in the street outside the PUK headquarters and killing an Iraqi.