That is no small consideration given the tensions between Turkey, which has its own restive Kurdish minority, and the Iraqi Kurds.
The Bush administration has also made it clear that it will not support a separate Kurdish state in northern Iraq, a concern for Turkey, which has its own restive Kurdish minority.
Although part of the Republic of Indonesia since 1949, the Acehnese have remained restive.
Meanwhile, the people of the delta, especially its young men, have grown restive.
They know they have a restive population, and they fear that even a small opening will make room for a bigger wedge.
Friday's announcements were the latest to rattle Chesapeake's shareholders, who have grown restive amid a barrage of negative news about the natural gas producer.
And as in other areas where ethnic minorities have been restive—Inner Mongolia and, especially, Xinjiang it hopes immigration by the majority Han Chinese will swamp nationalist sentiment.
"It feels more secure this way," said Yoel Cohen, a religious Jew, over the din.Since last summer's Gaza war, Palestinians in Jerusalem have become restive.
The Uighurs in this area, once known as Chinese Turkestan, have grown restive and sometimes violent in their resistance to Beijing rule.
