June 28, 2007 | By Peter W. Galbraith, PETER W. GALBRAITH, author of "The End of Iraq," was on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee staff in the 1980s and 1990s, with responsibility for Iraq.
The slaughter of Kurds under Saddam Hussein was official government policy, not the act of a rogue general.
20 December 2007 | By Damien McElroy in Irbil
Kurdish leaders in northern Iraq have threatened to withdraw support from the Baghdad government if demands for federal power-sharing and a fair share of oil wealth are not met.
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
Let it break up. It seems a simple enough solution.
Iraq's three main groups - the Shiite Arabs, the Sunni Arabs and the Kurds - are killing each other with greater ferocity than ever, and the Americans are playing referee.
Thursday, October 30, 2008 | NAMIK DURUKAN | ANKARA – Milliyet
The controversial suggestion by the jailed leader of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, to divide Turkey into regions and give broad powers to locally elected governors was presented to deputies by the pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party, or DTP, this week.
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.
October 23, 2007 | By Ralph Peters
Domestic conflicts are steering the country toward a battle with Iraq’s Kurds. The fallout could hurt not only Ankara and the United States, but the entire region.