Thursday, February 16, 2012


Iraq

Turkey Warns Iraq On Cross-Border PKK Threat

PKK fighters patrol along Iraqi side of Iraq-Turkey border (file photo) (AFP)

June 29, 2007 -- Turkey's foreign minister has warned that Ankara will
carry out "detailed" plans for a crossborder attack in northern Iraq to
neutralize Kurdish rebels if U.S. or Iraqi forces don't do the job.

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The "Radikal" newspaper today quoted Abdullah Gul as saying his government "knows these plans and agrees with them."

Washington, a NATO ally which like Ankara regards the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) as a terrorist group, has urged Turkey not to enter northern Iraq.

(Reuters) 
Searching For A Way Forward
A boy looks out from his Baghdad home (AFP)

LOOKING BEYOND AL-MALIKI: RFE/RL Iraq analyst Kathleen Ridolfo led an RFE/RL briefing about the changing political landscape in Iraq, focusing on efforts to gain the upper hand in the event that the government of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki falls.


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