April 2, 2008 | Selçuk Gültaşli | Brussels
European Union officials yesterday stepped up warnings that a possible closure of Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party) would have fatal implications on the country's bid to join the 27-nation club.
September 9, 2007 | By Borzou Daragahi, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
BARZAN, Iraq — Patience, the mothers begged their children. Saddam Hussein will fall. Liberty will come. Your father will return.
In 1983, the men of Barzan were taken by Hussein's troops, never to be seen again. But the women still wait.
Mon Aug 11, 2008
TUNCELI, Turkey (Reuters) - Nine Turkish soldiers including a lieutenant colonel were killed on Monday when their vehicle was struck by an improvised explosive device planted by separatist guerrillas, military sources told Reuters.
Oct. 2, 2007 | By BEN LANDO | UPI Energy Editor
WASHINGTON, Iraq’s Kurdistan Regional Government made a sudden but not unexpected announcement Tuesday it had signed four more controversial oil deals. While the move highlights success in the region, it comes as the central government in Baghdad struggles to meet long-term agenda items like a national oil law.
Wednesday, January 9, 2008 | By David Ignatius
A new movement to oust Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is gathering force in Baghdad. And although the United States is counseling against this change of government, a senior U.S. official in the Iraqi capital says it's a moment of "breakthrough or breakdown" for Maliki's regime.
February 4, 2008 | Harry Schute - Erbil, Kurdistan; Iraq
I have no problem with the U.S. military rewarding tribal sheikhs with contracts in thanks for their turning against the insurgency ("Military: 75% of Baghdad areas now secure," News, Jan. 18).
