December 13th 2007 | BAGHDAD, BASRA AND FALLUJA
The surge of American troops has dramatically reduced violence. But Iraq's politicians may still squander an obvious chance for reconciliation
Dexter Filkins The New York Times - Published: June 25, 2006 Let it break up. It seems a simple enough solution.
Iraq's three main groups - the Shiite Arabs, the Sunni Arabs and the Kurds - are killing each other with greater ferocity than ever, and the Americans are playing referee.
Thursday, October 30, 2008 | NAMIK DURUKAN | ANKARA – Milliyet
The controversial suggestion by the jailed leader of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, to divide Turkey into regions and give broad powers to locally elected governors was presented to deputies by the pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party, or DTP, this week.
Tuesday, February 26, 2008 | By Sudarsan Raghavan | Washington Post Foreign Service
Turkey Warned Not to Expand Offensive Against Kurdish Rebels
BAGHDAD, Feb. 25 -- Turkish troops and Kurdish guerrillas clashed Monday for the fifth consecutive day in two areas of northern Iraq, the Turkish military said, as senior Iraqi officials warned that a widened and prolonged incursion could lead to serious repercussions for the region.
October 23, 2007 | By Ralph Peters
Domestic conflicts are steering the country toward a battle with Iraq’s Kurds. The fallout could hurt not only Ankara and the United States, but the entire region.
13 March 2008 | AYŞE KARABAT | ANKARA
The Democratic Society Party (DTP) has, in meetings with President Abdullah Gül and Speaker of Parliament Köksal Toptan, requested that the state take the initiative to find a solution to the Kurdish problem, underlining that a new constitution, currently being drafted, is an opportunity for this.
1 march 2008
Erbil, Kurdistan Region - Iraq (KRG.org) - A bipartisan delegation of six US Congressmen has completed a visit to Erbil, capital of the Kurdistan Region, as part of a fact-finding tour of Iraq.
April 11, 2008 | By Abdulkadir Onay
Earlier this month, Europol -- the European Union law enforcement agency that handles criminal intelligence -- released its annual Terrorism Situation and Trend Report, part of which addresses the European criminal activities of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK).
June 27, 2007 | By KIRK SEMPLE
ERBIL, Iraq - "It is a measure of soaring Kurdish optimism that government officials here talk seriously about one day challenging Dubai as the Middle East’s main transportation and business hub.
