Washington Kurdish Institute Tuesday July 10, 2007
Interview by Elie Nakuzi; “Frankly Speaking” in President Talabani’s Baghdad Office
*Elie Nakuzi:* Mr. President, thank you for receiving us. On my own behalf and on /Al-Arabiya's/ behalf we thank you. We know of course that you are quite busy and you have a crowded timetable, but thank you for accepting our invitation. I begin by asking about your health, for we have heard many rumors. How is President Talabani's health today ?
One recent day under a blazing morning sun, Selahattin Demirtas, a member of the pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party (DTP) and a candidate for parliament in Turkey’s southeast region, was out and about pressing the flesh.
By Scott Peterson, Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor Mon Jul 9, 4:00 AM ET
Sultan Koyun says she cries as much for fallen Turkish soldiers as for killed militants of the Kurdistan Worker's Party (PKK). For the first half of this story, published June 6, click here.
Turkey made a protest to its neighbor and regional rival Greece Saturday because a map shown during an official seminar organized by the Greek Chief of general Staff, divided Turkey into parts.
July 9, 2007 -- TALK to Turks of any political persuasion and you are sure to hear how proud they are that Turkey is "the only democracy in the Muslim world."
The relative stability and prosperity of Iraqi Kurdistan provide the only bright spots of redemption for President Bush in the bloody anarchy that Iraq has become under a mismanaged occupation. Permanently securing the Kurdish minority from Baghdad's genocidal impulses and acts would be a historic accomplishment.
By Kosrat Rasool Ali - A fresh look at U.S. policy toward Iraq is vital, especially after the long time that elapsed since the liberation of Iraq and the lack of tangible progress and the critical state of affairs that Iraq has reached.
July 6, 2007 | By CLAUDE SALHANI (UPI International Editor)
WASHINGTON, July 6 (UPI) -- The partition of Iraq is far from an original idea. The notion has been floated around Washington and Baghdad numerous times since the start of the war in 2003. Pundits, journalists and politicians have in the past proposed the partition of Iraq in various forms despite strong opposition from Iraqi leaders, the Bush administration and the Iraqi Study Group headed by former Secretary of State James Baker and former Congressman Lee Hamilton.
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