The most senior leader in Iraq's Kurdish region appeared to raise the stakes in the standoff over northern Iraq on Friday, warning Turkey that the region would defend itself against any cross-border military strike on rebel bases.
Turkey's prime minister said Friday that Iraq could satisfy Turkey, forestalling Turkish military action in northern part of the country, by eradicating Kurdish rebel bases and extraditing rebel leaders.
Turkey is serious about sending troops into northern Iraq to hunt down Kurdish separatist rebels hiding there and is not bluffing, a senior minister was quoted on Friday as saying.
The senior leader in Iraq's Kurdish region is sending Turkey a warning.
As tensions rise, the senior leader in Iraq's Kurdish region is sending Turkey a warning.
Turkey Friday strongly condemned two bomb blasts targeting a convoy of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto in Pakistani southern port city of Karachi which have killed more than 130 people. "Turkey feels regret over the a ...
(RTTNews) - Rising tensions on the Turkey-Iraq border are snowballing into a possible outbreak of war, as the president of the Kurdish region in northern Iraq said his people will defend themselves if Turkey attacks Kurdish rebels based in Kurdistan.
Turkey Friday strongly condemned two bomb blasts targeting a convoy of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto in Pakistani southern port city of Karachi which have killed more than 130 people. "Turkey feels regret over the attac ...
Associated Press - October 19, 2007 6:23 PM ET IRBIL, Iraq (AP) - The senior leader in Iraq's Kurdish region is sending Turkey a warning. Kurdish regional president Massoud Barzani...
IRBIL, Iraq (AP) - The senior leader in Iraq's Kurdish region is sending Turkey a warning. Kurdish regional president Massoud Barzani (mah-SOOD' bar-ZAH'-nee) says his forces plan to defend themselves against any cross-border military strike on rebel bases.