Press conference by Secretary-General’s special Representative for iraq



21 January 2008

Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

With heightened security in the “red zone” of Baghdad and on its streets, a drastic drop in violence, good economic growth prospects and a warming of political relations between the majority Shiite and minority Sunni religious groups, the chances for a stable and unified Iraq were encouraging, Staffan de Mistura, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for that country, said at a Headquarters press conference today.


  

Çiçek: No retreat from operation decision



October 19, 2007 | ERCAN YAVUZ  ANKARA 


Deputy Prime Minister Cemil Çiçek in clear terms dismissed charges that the government is reluctant to use a parliamentary authorization for incursion into northern Iraq to hit bases of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) there, pledging that the decision will be followed by deeds.
 

  

Turkey Calls for U.S. Help On Rebels - Premier to Meet With Bush Today



By Robin Wright — Washington Post Staff Writer — Wednesday, June 8, 2005; A15

In an attempt to end two years of diplomatic tensions, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan will hold talks with President Bush today and push for a joint counterterrorism crackdown on a Turkish rebel group now operating from northern Iraq.

  

Kurdish Soldiers in Iraq Caught Between Competing Allegiances



Sunday, February 24, 2008 | By Joshua Partlow and Ellen Knickmeyer | Washington Post Foreign Service

BALINDA, Iraq, Feb. 23 -- The Iraqi Kurdish soldiers stood at the edge of the collapsed steel bridge and looked down into the teal waters rushing below. The last sign of the Iraqi government, a small border checkpoint, was far behind them down in the river valley.


  

Kurdish rebel leader Ocalan says no possibility of fair retrial in Turkey


ANKARA, June 3 (AFP) - 11h44 - Jailed Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan does not want to be retried in Turkey, where he believes he cannot be judged fairly, one of his attorneys told AFP Friday.

  

Syrian police kill Kurdish woman in clashes over homes: lawyer


DAMASCUS, Sept 15 (AFP) - 19h30 - A Syrian Kurdish woman was beaten to death by police Thursday during clashes as police demolished illegally built housing outside Damascus, a rights activist and a Kurdish leader said.

  

Report Details Saddam's Terrorist Ties



March 14, 2008 | BY ELI LAKE - Staff Reporter of the Sun

WASHINGTON —" A Pentagon review of about 600,000 documents captured in the Iraq war attests to Saddam Hussein's willingness to use terrorism to target Americans and work closely with jihadist organizations throughout the Middle East.


  

A Kurdish Society of Soldiers



Saturday, March 8, 2008 | By Joshua Partlow | In Rugged N. Iraq, Guerrillas Forge a Unity Based on Hardship and Defiance

ZAP VALLEY, Iraq -- On the day the Turkish soldiers withdrew from Iraq, 40 Kurdish guerrillas convened to bury five of their dead.


  

Turkish police quell Kurd protests



Saturday, March 22 2008

At least 100 people were injured as security forces used tear gas and water cannons to disperse Kurdish spring festival celebrations in a number of Turkish cities.


  

A Noble Project, Badly Managed



Saturday, March 22, 2008 | David Frum

Five years later, the debate over the Iraq war rages as hot as when it began. We have never ceased looking over our shoulders. We have attempted to fight our way forward with our eyes fixed backward.