Iraq

Turkey-Iran alignment against Kurdish rebels

As nearly 10,000 Turkish troops chase down Kurdish rebels on the southeastern border and into Iraq, Turkey’s foreign minister met with his Iranian counterparti in Ankara to pledge cooperation against the guerilla forces of the PKK.

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Iraq’s last Jews forced to flee in WikiLeaks blowback?

Pulitzer-winning reporter Roy Gutman writes from Baghdad that an Anglican priest is working with the US embassy to convince the remaining nine Jews in Iraq to flee the country, because their names appeared in cables published by WikiLeaks.

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Iraq: terror still targets Shi’ite pilgrims, holy places

Four coordinated explosions killed 15 and injured at least 100 in Iraq’s Shi’ite holy city of Karbala— the latest in a series of recent attacks in the city which have targeted Shi’ite pilgrims as well as security forces.

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Turkey bombs Iraq; Iraq bombs Kuwait?

Turkish warplanes continue to bomb supposed Kurdish rebel strongholds in northern Iraq—despite a formal diplomatic protest by Baghdad. Meanwhile, Baghdad denied reports that missiles were fired from southern Iraq at a port in Kuwait.

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Turkey bombs Iraq —again

The Turkish military has resumed air raids against suspected strongholds of the PKK guerillas in northern Iraq, with one air-strike killing a Kurdish family of seven in a border village.

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Iraq: thousands of protesters defy curfew

Thousands of protesters converged on cities and towns across Iraq, streaming in on foot in defiance of vehicle bans for rallies over corruption, unemployment and poor public services.