Iraqi leaders seek deal amid bloodshed


Associated Press - Tue. May. 3 2005 6:17 AM ET
BAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's incoming prime minister struggled to find a Sunni Arab to run the key Defense Ministry in time to join Iraq's first democratically elected government when it takes office Tuesday.

  

Thousands of Kurds rally in northern Iraq against Turkish parliament's decision



Thursday, October 18, 2007 | The Associated Press

IRBIL, Iraq: Thousands of Kurds and supporters took to the streets in northern Iraq Thursday to protest the Turkish parliament's decision to authorize the government to send troops across the border to root out Kurdish rebels who have been conducting raids into Turkey.


  

Kurdish Returnees Revive Iraqi Village


Info Kurdish Returnees Revive Village Leveled During Saddam's Era
By TINI TRAN - The Associated Press

Aug. 23, 2005 - Even a year ago, the dusty, rolling hills north of Kirkuk were largely barren. But the horizon has changed rapidly in recent months with a flurry of newly constructed cinderblock homes dotting the hillsides.

  

DTP leader Demirtaş detained upon setting foot in Ankara



18 December 2007 

The leader of the pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party (DTP), who allegedly evaded military service by forging a medical document, was detained at Esenboğa Airport in Ankara upon his return to Turkey from Düsseldorf on Monday. 


 


  

Saddam Admits Approving Death Sentences



By MARIAM FAM
The Associated Press - Wednesday, April 5, 2006

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Saddam Hussein dodged questions from prosecutors cross-examining him for the first time Wednesday over a crackdown against Shiites in the 1980s. But he acknowledged approving death sentences for 148 Shiites, saying he was convinced they tried to assassinate him.


  

Syrian Kurds, spurred by peers in Iraq, seek their rights


DAMASCUS, June 8 (AFP) - 6h02 - Spurred by the Kurds' political advance in Iraq, the Kurdish minority in Syria is hoping the Baath party congress in Damascus will help resolve their problems, which have been compounded by the recent murder of one of their leaders.

  

Kurds and the New Iraq



February 10, 2008

To the Editor: “Kurds Lose Sway in Iraq as Arabs Resist Demands” (front page, Feb. 1):

The Kurds are not seeking to “seize control of the oil-rich city of Kirkuk.” We have consistently called for implementation of Article 140 of the Iraqi Constitution to address the future of Kirkuk and other towns that were ethnically cleansed by Saddam Hussein.


  

The Kurdish Question



Sunday, December 9, 2007 | Reviewed by Quil Lawrence

How a rebel group has tried to capture a people's aspirations.


  

US envoy expected in Ankara for talks on Turkish-US ties, Kurdish rebels


ANKARA, Aug 23 (AFP) - 12h02 - A ranking US official is expected here Thursday for talks on bilateral ties and particularly measures to combat armed Turkish Kurd rebels holed up in the mountains of northern Iraq, a US spokesman said.

  

Interrogator Shares Saddam's Confessions



January 27, 2008

(CBS) For a man who drew America into two wars and countless military engagements, we never knew what Saddam Hussein was thinking. But you are going to hear more than has ever been revealed before.

After his capture, Saddam met every day with one man, an American he knew as "Mr. George." George is FBI agent George Piro, who was the front man for a team of FBI and CIA analysts who were trying to answer some of the great mysteries of recent history. What happened to the weapons of mass destruction? Was Saddam in league with al Qaeda? Why did he choose war with the United States?

As correspondent Scott Pelley reports, Piro is the man who came to know Saddam better than anyone, as they sat face to face in a windowless room.