December 18, 2007
TURKEY did the wrong thing for the wrong reasons Sunday when it sent more than 50 of its air force jets to bomb sites in northern Iraq. The goal was to kill fighters of the PKK, Kurdish rebels who have been mounting guerrilla attacks in southeastern Turkey. Sunday's bombing and shelling killed at least two civilians and five PKK members, while setting Iraqi Kurdish farms and villages afire. But as a strategic move, Turkey's raid was worse than useless.
Tuesday, December 18, 2007 | By Ann Scott Tyson and Robin Wright | Washington Post Staff Writers
Intelligence Role Could Complicate Diplomacy
The United States is providing Turkey with real-time intelligence that has helped the Turkish military target a series of attacks this month against Kurdish separatists holed up in northern Iraq, including a large airstrike on Sunday, according to Pentagon officials.
Tuesday December 18, 2007
The president of Iraq's Kurdish region is refusing to meet US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, who was in Iraq Tuesday, because of the US position over Turkey sending soldiers into northern Iraq, a top Kurdish official said.
Wednesday, December 19, 2007 | By Sudarsan Raghavan and Ellen Knickmeyer
Operation Overshadows Rice Visit to Baghdad
BAGHDAD - Several hundred Turkish troops crossed into northern Iraq on Tuesday and engaged in clashes with Kurdish guerrillas, Turkish military officials said, as U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice made an unannounced visit to Iraq to tout security gains.
December 19, 2007 | By Alexandra Zavis - Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
Condoleezza Rice, in Iraq for reconciliation work, urges caution after Turkey pursues rebels across the border.
BAGHDAD — Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice cautioned Tuesday against any action that could destabilize Iraq after Turkey sent about 300 troops across the border in pursuit of Kurdish separatist guerrillas.
Tuesday, December 18, 2007
GENEVA - The U.N. refugee agency expressed concern Tuesday over the increasing number of people being driven from their homes by Turkey's shelling of northern Iraq.
18 December 2007
The leader of the pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party (DTP), who allegedly evaded military service by forging a medical document, was detained at Esenboğa Airport in Ankara upon his return to Turkey from Düsseldorf on Monday.
Monday, 17 December 2007
The US has denied it gave permission for Turkish aircraft to carry out air strikes against Kurdish PKK separatist rebels in northern Iraq on Sunday.
December 13th 2007 | BAGHDAD, BASRA AND FALLUJA
The surge of American troops has dramatically reduced violence. But Iraq's politicians may still squander an obvious chance for reconciliation
Friday, December 14, 2007 | ÜMİT ENGİNSOY WASHINGTON
Political solution, not military one, is desirable to eliminate PKK in both Turkey and Iraq, State Dept.'s counter-terrorism coordinator says
