July 8, 2007 - Editorial
It is time for the United States to leave Iraq, without any more delay than the Pentagon needs to organize an orderly exit.
Monday, July 9, 2007
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.
By AMIR TAHERI
Sunday, July 8, 2007 | By Jim Hoagland
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.
Article published Jul 5, 2007
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.
Tuesday, July 3, 2007 | By Kambiz Foroohar Bloomberg News
TAWKE, Iraq: Just outside the village of Tawke in northeastern Iraq, black smoke billows over the green hills as a fire rages unchecked.
Article published Jul 6, 2007
Mark R. Parris - Turkey's top general said again last week he would like to cross Turkey's border with Iraq to strike terrorist camps of the Kurdish Workers Party (PKK). Leaders of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's ruling AK Party (which its critics label "Islamist") have publicly suggested an incursion is possible before Turkey's July 22 general elections. Will Turkey shoot ?
July 5, 2007
Analysis by Jacques N. Couvas
ANKARA, Jul 5 (IPS) - The button of the stopwatch counting down the invasion of Northern Iraq by the Turkish army was probably pressed on Tuesday, at an impromptu meeting between Turkish President Ahmet Necdet Sezer and Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
June 30, 2007 | By Omar SINAN, Associated Press Writer
MOUNT AZMAR, Iraq -- Maher Talaat and his two friends sat on the grassy mountainside, toasting bottles of beer and gazing at the pastoral scene -- and at the girls.
