Note to Prudential (nyse: PUK - news - people): thanks, but no thanks.

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The KDP-PUK bloc will see their majority cut by more than 20 seats in the 111-member parliament.

BBC: Ruling bloc wins Iraqi Kurd poll

The Great Danes' John Puk missed three foul shots, allowing Vermont to close to 49-47 on Apfeld's follow shot at 0:26.

WSJ: Albany tops Vermont 53-49 for America East title

"The PUK can't oust them from the area, " said the source.

BBC: Iraqi Kurds fear new Islamist group

After the attack 23 September, the PUK seized the the IUMK-controlled town of Halabjah, but did not oust Jund al-Islam from the villages of Tawela and Biyarah.

BBC: Iraqi Kurds fear new Islamist group

But Blue missed the free throw and Albany's John Puk, who missed three free throws in the final 1:01, then hit both halves of a 1-and-1 to finish the scoring.

WSJ: Albany tops Vermont 53-49 for America East title

The PUK may even start to fade.

ECONOMIST: Iraq��s Kurdish election

The PUK wasn't founded until 1975.

NPR: Autonomy, Oil Money Underlie Kurdish Goals in Iraq

Elements who later became part of the group have also been held responsible for the assassination in February 2001 of a senior official of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, Franso Hariri, and for the attempted killing of Burhan Salih, head of the PUK-led Iraqi Kurdistan regional government.

BBC: Profile: Kurdish Islamist movement

Because of the power-sharing deal underlying the current Iraqi political setup, the presidency is in the hands of the Kurds - and for Kurdish political reasons, it would have to go to someone from Mr Talabani's party, the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), our correspondent explains.

BBC: President Jalal Talabani in 2007