Iraq denounces Turkish offensive
 Tuesday, 26 February 2008
The Iraqi government has denounced a Turkish incursion into northern Iraq in some of the strongest terms heard since the operation began last week.
Iraq Sounds Alarm on Clashes in North
 Tuesday, February 26, 2008 | By Sudarsan Raghavan | Washington Post Foreign Service
Turkey Warned Not to Expand Offensive Against Kurdish Rebels
BAGHDAD, Feb. 25 -- Turkish troops and Kurdish guerrillas clashed Monday for the fifth consecutive day in two areas of northern Iraq, the Turkish military said, as senior Iraqi officials warned that a widened and prolonged incursion could lead to serious repercussions for the region.
Iraq calls on U.S. to intervene in Turkish incursion
 February 26, 2008 | By Asso Ahmed and Tina Susman, Special to The Times
The fighting between its ally and a Kurdish separatist group it considers a terrorist organization puts the Bush administration in a bind. 'They could do more,' an Iraqi official says.
SHILADEZAH, IRAQ -- Artillery and gunfire echoed through the mountains of northern Iraq on Monday during continued clashes between invading Turkish troops and Kurdish rebels, with Turkey saying that 153 guerrillas had been killed in four days.
Kurdistan leader rules out major clashes in Baghdad
 February 21, 2008 | By Ahmad Al-Khaled, Staff writer
KUWAIT: Kurdish Regional Government President Masoud Barzani yesterday addressed the question of Kurdish independence saying, "As long as Iraq is abiding by the current constitution, we are bound by a united Iraq." "We are a major and important part of the government of Iraq and we are not in opposition. It is natural to have differences of opinion but on the core national and strategic issues, we are part of the state and have an understanding with the federal government," said Barzani of the sometimes a t odds Kurdistan capital of Erbil and the federal capital Baghdad.
PM Barzani calls on Turkey to end military operations
 24 Feb. 2008
Erbil, Kurdistan - " Iraq (KRG.org) - " Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani today held a press conference in Erbil, capital of the Kurdistan Region, to discuss the ongoing Turkish military incursion in Iraq and his recent visits to the Republic of Korea and State of Qatar.
Kurdistan Regional Government calls on Turkey to withdraw troops
 22 February 2008
Statement by the Kurdistan Regional Government
Erbil, Kurdistan – Iraq (KRG.org) The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) condemns yesterday's military operations in the Kurdistan Region in Iraq and joins the federal Iraqi government in Baghdad in calling on Turkey to end its violation of Iraqi sovereignty.
Secretary-General concerned by latest escalation of tension
 22 February 2008
Along Turkish-Iraqi border
The new invasion of Iraq
 Saturday, 23 February 2008 | By Patrick Cockburn
Up to 10,000 Turkish troops launch an incursion which threatens to destabilise the country's only peaceful region.
In Kirkuk, Ethnic Strife Takes Toll
 February 25, 2008 | By Gina Chon
KIRKUK, Iraq -- As Turkish troops pursue Kurdish rebels inside Iraq, an ethnic political dispute is heating up in this largely Kurdish town where the country's northern oil industry is based.
“Stop Turkish Invasion of Iraq” says Najmaldin Karim, President of the Washington Kurdish Institute
 February 26, 2008 | WKI Press Release
Washington, D.C. – The President of Washington Kurdish Institute, Dr. Najmaldin Karim, urged the government of Turkey to withdraw its troops from Iraqi Kurdistan and immediately cease military attacks that infringe on the sovereignty of Iraq.
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