Turkish Troops in Iraq

The Mahalo Top 7

1. Al Jazeera: Turkey Pulls Troops Out Of Iraq (February 29, 2008)
   • "The Turkish military says its troops have pulled out of northern Iraq, after an aggressive assault on Kurdish separatist rebels."
2. VOA News: Turkish Military: Offensive into Northern Iraq is Over (February 29, 2008)
3. BBC News: Turkish troops pull out of Iraq (February 29, 2008)
4. Los Angeles Times: Iraq calls on U.S. to intervene in Turkish incursion (February 26, 2008)
5. The Telegraph: Turkish troops pour into northern Iraq (February 22, 2008)
6. New York Review: "The Uncontainable Kurds" (2007)  
7. Middle East Times: "Iraqi Kurds Take Charge of Own Security" (2007)

Turkish Troops in Iraq News

• Google News: Turkish Troops Iraq
• Guardian Unlimited: "Turkey Deploys Extra Troops to Iraq Border..." (2007)  
• Reuters: Turkey Army Launches Land Offensive into Iraq (February 22, 2008)
• Washington Post: Iraq Sounds Alarm on Clashes in North (February 26, 2008)
• Al Jazeera: Iraq Denounces Turkey Incursion (February 26, 2008)
• BBC News: Iraq denounces Turkish offensive (February 26, 2008)
  • "The Iraqi government has denounced a Turkish incursion into northern Iraq in some of the strongest terms heard since the operation began last week."
• Times Online: Iraq demands that Turkey withdraw its troops (February 26, 2008)
• New York Times: Turkish Military Tells of Incursion Into Iraq (February 22, 2008)
• Turkish Daily News: PKK hideouts in northern Iraq bombed (February 5, 2008)
• New York Times: Turkish Jets Bomb Northern Iraq (February 4, 2008)

December 2007

• New York Times: Turkish Jets Strike Kurdish Rebels (December 27, 2007)
• Freep.com: Iraqis - U.S. OK'd attack by Turkey (December 19, 2007)
• Guardian Unlimited: Officials: Turkey Withdraws From Iraq (December 18, 2007)
• Associated Press: Turkish Army Sends Soldiers Into Iraq (December 18, 2007)

October, 2007

• CNN: Sources: U.S. spy planes watching Iraqi-Turkish border (October 31, 2007)
• Times Online: Clashes on border ahead of Kurdish crisis talks (October 25, 2007)
• The New York Times: Iraq Says It Will Cooperate With Turkey on Kurds (Oct. 23, 2007)
• Guardian Unlimited: UK backs Turkey in terror fight (October 23, 2007)
• Los Angeles Times: Turkey to strike back after 12 slain (October 22, 2007)
• The New York Times: Turkey Moves Closer to an Incursion Into Iraq (Oct. 16, 2007)
• LA Times: Turkey strikes suspected Kurdish rebel positions (October 11, 2007)
• BBC News: Turkey threatens Iraq border raid (Oct. 9, 2007)

Turkish Troops in Iraq Background and Articles

• BBC News: Civilians losers in Turkey-PKK conflict (February 29, 2008)
• BBC News: Turkey border tensions fuel confusion (February 26, 2008)
• The Telegraph: Turkey's military threat to Iraq: Q&A (2007)
• Salon.com: War Room - Killing Time (2007)
• Guardian Unlimited: "Confident Turkey Looks East, Not West" (2007)

Turkish Troops in Iraq - The Kurds

• Mahalo's Page on The Kurds
• BBC News: Kurds show coded support for PKK (October 26, 2007)
• New York Review: "The Uncontainable Kurds" (2007)  
• Slate.com: The Gist: The Kurds (1996)  
• Guardian Unlimited: Collected Special Reports on "The Kurds"
• Salon.com: Betraying the Kurds Again (2003)

Turkish Troops in Iraq Message Boards and Blogs

• Daily Kos: Kurds Offer Ceasefire - Turkish PM: We Won't Fight in Iraq
• The Reaction blog: Turkish Troops Enter Iraq, Details Unclear
• Democratic Underground: Oil Rises on Report of Turkish Troops in Iraq
• Google Blog Search: "Turkish Troops Iraq"

Central Figures

• The Kurds
  • Slate.com: The Gist: The Kurds (1996) 
  • Wikipedia: History of the Kurdish People
• The PKK
  • New York Review: "The Uncontainable Kurds" (2007)  
• Massoud Barzani
  • Kurdistan Regional Government

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