14 january 2008 | Raghida Dergham
Al-Hayat: Obviously I'm going to start with your visit here to the United States and your talks with president George W. Bush. You are pursuing the Kurdish Workers Party (PKK) inside of Iraq and it seems that Administration in Washington has given a sort of approval for that. What is in return, Mr. President? Are there any guarantees that you gave that you would not invade Iraq? Are there promises from the United States that they will not establish a base in Kurdistan Iraq?
Wednesday, July 23, 2008 | By Sudarsan Raghavan and Ernesto Londoño
Kurds Boycott Vote, Putting Measure's Future in Doubt
BAGHDAD, July 22 -- Iraq's parliament passed legislation Tuesday setting new rules for provincial elections, a step widely viewed here as critical to the country's process of political reconciliation.
ISTANBUL, Oct 29 (AFP) - 10h31 - A Turkish army reservist and a Kurdish rebel were killed late Friday in a rocket attack by rebel forces against a military post in the Kurdish majority region of southeast Turkey, the Anatolia news agency reported Saturday.
Wednesday, 6 February 2008 | by Randy Fabi
The Kurdistan regional government (KRG) said on Tuesday it will continue to sign contracts with oil companies despite threats from Baghdad to cut exports due to a dispute over their legality.
Thursday, August 24, 2006 / ANKARA - The Turkish capital has dismissed the comments made by a top U.S. adviser to Iraqi Kurdish leaders regarding Turkey and the “reality” of an independent Kurdish state in northern Iraq.
Wednesday, December 19, 2007 | By Sudarsan Raghavan and Ellen Knickmeyer
Operation Overshadows Rice Visit to Baghdad
BAGHDAD - Several hundred Turkish troops crossed into northern Iraq on Tuesday and engaged in clashes with Kurdish guerrillas, Turkish military officials said, as U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice made an unannounced visit to Iraq to tout security gains.
Friday, March 14, 2008 | GÖKSEL BOZKURT | ANKARA - TDN Parliament Bureau
The government’s investment program and social initiatives to address the Kurdish problem fail to satisfy the pro-Kurdish DTP in Parliament that calls for constitutional amendments, cultural measures and progressive amnesty.
Iraq’s oil minister on Sunday disputed the validity of deals signed between the Kurdish Regional Government and international oil companies, reportedly saying that the central government was not bound by the investment contracts.
February 26, 2008 | By Aliza Marcus and Andrew Apostolou
ALIZA MARCUS AND ANDREW APOSTOLOU
THE CRISIS between Turkey and Iraq, with the United States playing the uneasy role of mediator and friend to both, has escalated with the Turkish land operation launched Feb. 22. Following last fall's spate of attacks inside Turkey by the Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, the Bush administration gave Turkey intelligence to facilitate air strikes against key PKK bases in remote Iraqi Kurdish mountains. Washington hoped this would prevent any Turkish military offensive inside Iraqi Kurdistan, Iraq's most stable region and the PKK's unwilling host. This policy has clearly failed.
