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“The more we offer the villagers, the more they want. And if I can give it, I will. The terrorists had the support of the local people [Kurds], but it was at gunpoint. In the past the terrorists would burn the government bulldozers. Now people see that if you don't have bulldozers, you'll get no road.”

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