Iraq, Turkey Look to End Kurdish Clashes

Staff / Truthdig Mar 8, 2008 A week after Turkey withdrew troops from northern Iraq, claiming its military initiative against the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) was successfully completed, Iraqi President Jalal Talabani met with Turkish President Abdullah Gul to try to figure out how regional tensions might be contained in the future. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Iraq to Turkey: Get Out

Staff / Truthdig Feb 27, 2008 On Tuesday, the Iraqi Cabinet expressed extreme displeasure over the incursion of Turkish troops into the Kurdish northern region of Iraq and called for a halt to Turkish interference, which Cabinet officials called a "violation of Iraqi sovereignty." Also on Tuesday, an apparent suicide attack on a bus headed toward Syria from Mosul in northern Iraq killed nine people, according to The New York Times. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Turkish Army Enters Iraq

Staff / Truthdig Feb 22, 2008 After bombarding the area with airplanes and artillery, Turkish forces entered northern Iraq, ostensibly in search of Kurdish rebels. It isn't the first time Turkey has crossed the border, but one source described the force as much bigger -- roughly 10,000 men -- than previous incursions. A U.S. military spokesman in Baghdad, however, said he believed only a few hundred Turkish troops were involved in the operation. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Turkey Bombs Kurds in Iraq

Staff / Truthdig Dec 17, 2007 Turkey has dramatically ramped up its cross-border campaign against Kurds in Iraq with an airstrike involving as many as 50 warplanes. The Turkish military says the assault was aimed at Kurdish rebels seeking refuge in Iraq and not "people living in northern Iraq or local groups not engaged in enemy activity." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Good Kurds, Bad Kurds

Staff / Truthdig Nov 3, 2007 The Mosaic Intelligence Report takes a look at the United States' Kurdish double standard: Washington supports those in Iraq while declaring Kurdish fighters in Turkey a "common enemy." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Turkish Abyss

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Iraqis Unite Against Splitting the Nation

Staff / Truthdig Oct 1, 2007 Sen. Joe Biden's plan to divide Iraq along sectarian lines has had an unintended consequence: It has united much of the country, Shiite and Sunni alike, in opposition to the measure. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

‘Chemical Ali’ Death Sentence Confirmed

Staff / Truthdig Sep 5, 2007 The remaining days of Ali Hassan al-Majid, aka "Chemical Ali," are numbered. More specifically, after an Iraqi court upheld his June sentence, al-Majid, who earned his nickname by playing a key role in the gassing deaths of some 100,000 Kurds in 1988, has 30 days or less to live. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Rifts Deepen Between Iraqi Communities

Staff / Truthdig Aug 22, 2007 Prior to the U.S. invasion and overthrow of Saddam Hussein in 2003, Iraq's three main religious communities -- the Kurds, Sunnis and Shiites -- were already divided. Although each group responded differently to the American presence in their country, Patrick Cockburn of The Independent argues that the divisions between them only deepened as a result. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Suicide Attacks Kill 200 in Iraq

Staff / Truthdig Aug 15, 2007 Sadly, news of suicide bombings in Iraq has become commonplace, and Tuesday was a particularly bloody day, with four separate attacks in the northwest Yazidi community that claimed at least 200 lives and injured hundreds more. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Turkey, Iraq Tackle Kurdish Rebel Trouble

Staff / Truthdig Aug 8, 2007 As if Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki didn't already have his hands full, now he's dealing with pressure from Turkey to drive out members of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) who have hunkered down in northern Iraq -- or else Turkish troops will do the honors. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Iraqis Celebrate Asian Cup Win

Staff / Truthdig Jul 29, 2007 At least some of the gunfire heard in Baghdad on Sunday was celebratory, for a change: Jubilant Iraqis flouted a government ban by firing shots into the air following Iraq's 1-0 victory over Saudi Arabia in the final match of the Asian Cup soccer tournament. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )