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  • March 2008

    • 16 Arrested in Plot to Kill Turkish Laureate

      AFP  |  Mar 21, 08 10:47 AM CDT

      16 Arrested in Plot to Kill Turkish Laureate

      (Newser) - A nationalist party leader, a veteran journalist, and a top academic have been arrested over a plan to kill dissident Turkish writer Orhan Pamuk. The leader of the Workers’ Party and former rector of Istanbul University, along with a general, and retired colonel, are among 16 who were detained over plans to kill the Nobel laureate and several senior Kurdish figures. More »

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      Turkey  • assassination  • Kurds  • Istanbul  • Armenian genocide  • Orhan Pamuk

  • February 2008

    • US Didn't Protest Turkish Incursion Into Iraq

      Wall Street Journal  |  Feb 26, 08 10:26 AM CST

      US Didn't Protest Turkish Incursion Into Iraq

      (Newser) - As fierce fighting continues in northern Iraq, American officials have confirmed they were aware that Turkey planned to strike at Kurdish guerrillas inside the border—and didn't raise objections, the Wall Street Journal reports. The US did, however, urge Turkey to limit the length and scope of the incursion. "They understood why Turkey was doing this," said Turkey's ambassador to the US. More »

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      Iraq  • Turkey  • Kurds  • PKK  • Kurdish incursions

    • Turkey Bombs Rebels in Iraqi Mountains

      Associated Press  |  Feb 23, 08 3:28 PM CST

      Turkey Bombs Rebels in Iraqi Mountains

      (Newser) - Fighting continued in semiautonomous Kurdistan today as Turkey’s air and artillery forces let loose a hail of bombs in the mountains of northern Iraq, the AP reports. The strikes are ratcheting up tension between Turkey and the US-backed Iraqi government: Iraq’s foreign minister today told Turkey to get out “as soon as possible.” More »

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      Iraq  • Turkey  • Kurds  • PKK  • Kurdish Militants  • Northern Iraq  • Hoshyar Zebari

    • Iraq Lawmakers Overcome Rifts, Pass Key Laws

      Christian Science Monitor  |  Feb 13, 08 6:38 PM CST

      Iraq Lawmakers Overcome Rifts, Pass Key Laws

      (Newser) - A day after the speaker of Iraq’s parliament threatened to disband the legislature, lawmakers passed three key but divisive laws after months of infighting, the Christian Science Monitor reports. The measures—passage of a federal budget, limited amnesty for prisoners, and curbs on the powers of local governments—allowed Kurds, Shiites, and Sunnis all to claim victory, the New York Times says. More »

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      Iraq  • Nouri al-Maliki  • Shiite  • Kurds  • Sunnis  • benchmarks  • Iraq parliament

  • January 2008
  • December 2007

    • Rice Pops Up in Iraq to Plead for Peace

      Reuters  |  Dec 18, 07 4:49 AM CST

      Rice Pops Up in Iraq to Plead for Peace

      (Newser) - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice arrived in Iraq for a surprise visit today to plead for increased efforts at reconciliation, Reuters reports. She flew into the ethnically mixed northern city of Kirkuk—which some expect to be the next flashpoint for violence. The city's Kurds, Arabs, and Turkmen are deeply divided, and fears of fighting have delayed a planned vote on the city's future status.  More »

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      Iraq  • Condoleezza Rice  • State Department  • Kurds  • Iraq Civil War  • Kirkuk

    • UN Stepping Up Work in Iraq

      Guardian (UK)  |  Dec 10, 07 5:18 AM CST

      UN Stepping Up Work in Iraq

      (Newser) - The United Nations is stepping up its work in Iraq in a bid to land a final peace—four years after a terrorist bomb in the UN compound in Baghdad killed 22 officials. "Three years of horror have led nowhere. It only produced tit-for-tat destruction and the displacement of 4.2 million people," said special Iraq representative Staffan de Mistura, whose predeccessor was killed in the attack. More »

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      Iraq  • United Nations  • Kurds  • Arabs  • Kirkuk

  • November 2007

    • 6,000 Iraqi Sunnis Vow to Aid US

      Associated Press  |  Nov 29, 07 7:44 AM CST

      6,000 Iraqi Sunnis Vow to Aid US

      (Newser) - Almost 6,000 Sunni Arab civilians in Iraq turned against Al-Qaeda yesterday and signed a pact to help US forces police possible insurgent escape routes. As insurgents seek to gain a foothold in the semi-autonomous north, American officials hailed the alliance, which is the Iraq war’s largest single volunteer effort, AP reports. More »

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      Iraq  • Iraq war  • al-Qaeda  • insurgents  • US Army  • Syria  • Kurds  • Iraqi refugees  • Sunni leaders  • Kirkuk

    • Turkish Gunships Strike Kurdish Outpost in Iraq

      Associated Press  |  Nov 13, 07 6:19 AM CST

      Turkish Gunships Strike Kurdish Outpost in Iraq

      (Newser) - Turkish helicopter gunships have struck a suspected Kurdish guerrilla base inside the Iraqi border, AP is reporting. Turks targeted an area near the town of Zakho before dawn today. Iraqi officials said there were no casualties in the attacks on what they characterized as "abandoned villages"  that housed no Kurdish guerrillas. Turkish officials could not be reached to confirm the reports. More »

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      Iraq  • Turkey  • Kurds  • Kurdish guerrillas  • Kurdish incursions

    • Turkey Listens to EU, Will Ease Up on Free Speech

      Associated Press  |  Nov 6, 07 7:07 PM CST

      Turkey Listens to EU, Will Ease Up on Free Speech

      (Newser) - Readying itself for possible EU membership, Turkey's government will soften a law that curbs free speech, the AP reports. An amendment expected to pass parliament will limit penalties for Article 301, which punishes "insulting Turkey or Turkish identity" with up to three years in prison. The announcement came hours after the EU annual report again criticized the law. More »

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      European Union  • Turkey  • Kurds  • Recep Tayyip Erdogan  • Orhan Pamuk

    • Rice Pledges US Assist to Turkey

      Associated Press  |  Nov 2, 07 6:04 AM CDT

      Rice Pledges US Assist to Turkey

      (Newser) - Heading to talks in Ankara today, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice told reporters the Kurdish militants who have attacked Turkey from northern Iraq are a "common enemy" of the US and Turkey, and promised that the US will deliver an "effective" strategy against Kurdish militants if Ankara holds off its threat to invade Iraq to rout the rebels, Reuters reports. More »

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      Iraq  • Condoleezza Rice  • Turkey  • Kurds  • PKK  • Kurdish Militants

  • October 2007

    • Turkey Demands US Action on Kurdish Rebels

      New York Times  |  Oct 25, 07 2:50 PM CDT

      Turkey Demands US Action on Kurdish Rebels

      (Newser) - As top Iraqis urged his country to quell Kurdish rebels with nonmilitary action, Turkish PM Recep Erdogan demanded that the US act to stop those rebels from threatening his country from northern Iraq, the New York Times reports. “We have a disturbance," Erdogan said. "What kind of disturbance did the United States have with Iraq?" More »

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      Iraq  • Turkey  • Kurds  • PKK  • Kurdistan Workers' Party

    • Turkish Sorties Into Iraq Kill 34 Kurdish Fighters

      Guardian (UK)  |  Oct 24, 07 2:16 PM CDT

      Turkish Sorties Into Iraq Kill 34 Kurdish Fighters

      (Newser) - Turkish incursions into northern Iraq have killed 34 Kurdish fighters over the past few days, and the Turks today targeted positions along the border with airstrikes, Reuters reports. Some 300 troops have crossed into Iraq by 6 miles, and planes have struck as far as 13 miles. So far, though, Turkey has held off on any large-scale invasion feared by the US and Iraq, the Guardian reports. More »

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      Iraq  • Turkey  • Kurds  • PKK

    • Turkey Pledges to Wait for Talks Before Striking Back at Kurds

      Reuters  |  Oct 22, 07 6:38 PM CDT

      Turkey Pledges to Wait for Talks Before Striking Back at Kurds

      (Newser) - Turkish leaders say they will hold off on military action against Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq while the US and other nations try diplomacy to calm things down, Reuters reported. Tensions continued to soar, however, as Turkey massed troops at the Iraqi border and protesters throughout the country demanded action. President Bush said he would urge Iraq to stop Kurdish attacks on Turkish soldiers. More »

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      Turkey  • diplomacy  • Kurds  • PKK  • Recep Tayyip Erdogan

    • Kurdish Rebels Kill 12 Turkish Soldiers

      Reuters  |  Oct 21, 07 11:51 AM CDT

      Kurdish Rebels Kill 12 Turkish Soldiers

      (Newser) - Kurdish rebels killed 12 Turkish troops and wounded 16 more in a surprise attack in Turkey today, Reuters reports, four days after parliament voted to allow military strikes against the Kurdistan Workers' Party in northern Iraq. Now, the pressure is on for the Turkish government to take decisive military action, and PM Tayyip Erdogan has called crisis talks to determine a response. More »

    • Turkey OKs Strikes in Iraq

      New York Times  |  Oct 17, 07 10:40 AM CDT

      Turkey OKs Strikes in Iraq

      (Newser) - The Turkish Parliament today authorized its prime minister to send the country's military into Iraq to combat Kurdish separatists who have been accused of raids on Turkish soil. The 526-19 vote gives year-long permission for military strikes across the border, CNN reports. With 60,000 Turkish troops amassed in the area and some shells fired into Iraq this weekend, Baghdad scrambled for a diplomatic solution and President Bush urged Turkey, again, not to send troops into Iraq. More »

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      Iraq  • Baghdad  • Nouri al-Maliki  • Turkey  • Kurds

    • Iraqis Irate Over Senate Partition Vote

      CNN  |  Oct 1, 07 10:10 AM CDT

      Iraqis Irate Over Senate Partition Vote

      (Newser) - The Iraqi government is reacting angrily to a Senate resolution passed Thursday that the US push to divide the country into three autonomous regions—Sunni, Shiite and Kurdish—to reduce ethnic bloodshed. "No Iraqi is for dividing their country or for splitting it into three weak states, unable to survive," Iraqi's foreign minister declared to CNN. More »

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      Iraq  • Muqtada al-Sadr  • Joe Biden  • Sunni  • Kurds  • Shia  • US Embassy  • Sam Brownback  • sovereignty  • partition

  • September 2007
  • August 2007

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