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Turkey Launches Attack on Iraq

Voice of AmericaAugust 18, 2011.

Turkish airstrikes hit targets of the separatist Kurdistan Workers Party in northern Iraq, following attacks by Kurdish fighters.

Border Conflicts Testing Kurdish Tightrope Act in Iraq

Najeeba Mohammed, Institute for War and Peace Reporting. May 16, 2009.

Will there be a breakthrough to end the fighting between Turkey, Iran, and Iraqi Kurds?

Iraqi Kurds Back PKK Despite Being Displaced by Recent Fighting

Yahya Ahmed, IWPR Online. April 22, 2008.

"They are Kurds and demand their own rights": Villagers in northern Iraq continue to support rebels fighting Turkey and Iran.

Turkey: No Timeline for Iraq Withdrawal

AlterNetFebruary 28, 2008.

Where have we heard that before?

The New Invasion of Iraq

Patrick Cockburn, The Independent UK. February 25, 2008.

Many Iraqi Kurdish leaders are convinced that a hidden aim of the Turkish attack is to undermine the Kurdish regional government.

Turkish Troops, Tanks Invade Northern Iraq

Middle East OnlineFebruary 22, 2008.

Troops backed by tanks penetrates 6 miles into northern Iraq to "hunt Kurdish separatists."

Insanity Compounded by Insanity: Bush Offers to Bomb Iraqi Kurds

The Herald SunOctober 25, 2007.

Bush, in a deep hole, just keeps digging.

Thousands of Iraqi Kurds Take to the Streets to Protest Anticipated Turkish Incursion

Abdel Hamid Zebari, Middle East Online. October 18, 2007.

Several thousand Iraqi Kurds in northern cities of Arbil, Dohuk denounce Ankara’s posturing.

Turkey Ready to Send Troops Into Northern Iraq

Hidir Goktas, Gareth Jones, Reuters. October 9, 2007.

A deadly attack on Turkish troops has raised tensions to a boiling-point in Northern Iraq.

The Next Invasion of Iraq? Kurdish Mountain Army Awaits Turkish Incursion

Patrick Cockburn, CounterPunch. July 23, 2007.

Another war in Iraq looms as Turkey's 140,000 troops amassed on the border with Kurdish Iraq threatens to set off a new wave of violence and destabilization in the Middle East.

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