Turkey's Kurds still prepared to fight



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 weighs PKK raid response



Monday, October 22, 2007

The Turkish government is weighing calls for action against international pressure for restraint, after Kurdish separatist fighters killed 17 Turkish soldiers and captured several more.


  

Turkish paramilitary officer killed in clashes with rebel Kurds


DIYARBAKIR, Turkey, July 31 (AFP) - 11h35 - A member of the Turkish paramilitary forces in the predominantly Kurdish region of southeast Turkey was killed early Sunday in clashes with rebels of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), local security sources said.

  

No timetable for US troop withdrawal: Talabani


 
[Reuters - September 13, 2005] - Iraqi President Jalal Talabani said on Tuesday that Iraq will not set a timetable for a withdrawal of U.S. troops, backing away from his published remarks that the United States could withdraw as many as 50,000 troops by the end of the year.

  

Iraq's Kurdish parliament holds first session


BAGHDAD, June 4 (AFP) - 14h56 - Iraq's Kurdish regional parliament held its first session on Saturday with the Iraqi president urging the Kurds to set an example of unity to the nation torn by sectarian strife.

  

Top prize for student's war photo


Sunday, 9 April 2006 A student who slept with a rifle by her side to take pictures of women fighting Saddam Hussein has won a prestigious photography contest.

  

Iraq Sunnis resist Shiite-Kurd charter deal


BAGHDAD, Aug 27 (AFP) - 15h19 - Iraq's Sunnis on Saturday were holding out against a draft constitution deal thrashed out by the Shiites and the Kurds, offering their own proposals for the new charter just a day before it goes to parliament for approval.

  

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Prime Minister Ibrahim ...


Posted on Wed, Feb. 15, 2006 By Borzou Daragahi and Raheem SalmanLOS ANGELES TIMESBAGHDAD, Iraq - Prime Minister Ibrahim Jaafari, named his Shiite Muslim coalition's candidate to continue leading the country for the next four years, outlined plans Tuesday to build a broad-based government to tackle the country's woeful security conditions.

  

Kurdish rebels confirm Turkish mayor kidnapped


ISTANBUL, July 31 (AFP) - 16h30 - Rebels from the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) on Sunday claimed responsibility for kidnapping the mayor of a town in southeastern Turkey, rejecting earlier reports he had been freed.

  

Iraqi Shias win election victory


The alliance took 128 of the 275 seats - 10 short of an outright majority. Kurdish parties have 53 seats and the main Sunni Arab bloc 44.