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 [EUROPE TURKMEN FRIENDSHIPS] An “expert’s” bias and misinformation: As part of that deal, he said, the Iraqi Kurdish administration would restrain the PKK’s freedom to maneuver: “If Turkey then also agrees to an amnesty for lower and mid-level officials [of the PKK] and lets refugees from the Makhmour camp return safely to Turkey, the KRG in exchange will absorb the senior levels of the PKK — they will be disarmed, of course, and no longer politically active.”

[Michael J. Totten] A Dark Corner of Europe, Part I: which was really just a war against Serbia since what was left of Yugoslavia at the time might be better described as the Serbian Empire. (Yugoslavia was derisively described by many of its citizens as Serboslavia even long before the rise of Milosevic.) It wouldn't be reasonable to expect many Serbs to admire Wesley Clark, but accusing him of being a Jew seemed a bit much.

 [Cannabis.com Forums Message Boards - Medical Marijuana, Cannabis Club, Dispensary, News] We are making progress in Iraq: Held in Baghdad, the meeting was conducted in a cordial atmosphere, and both sides stressed similar views on a wide range of issues. We reiterated to our Turkish colleagues our commitment to good neighbourly relations, which is underscored by the growing Turkish investment in the Kurdistan Region.

[Iraq Oil Report] Iraq Oil Ministry waiting on Big Oil to submit oil deal proposals”¦: Only days after a landmark meeting with Iraqi Kurdish officials in Baghdad, Turkey’s special envoy to Iraq, Murat Özçelik, traveled to the Iraqi capital again for further talks yesterday, Today’s Zaman reports, which is being described .

[Iran Reviews] Turkish FM says Iraqi Kurds must join fight against PKK: Turkey - Turkey to intensify relations with Iraqi Kurds - Turkish ...: The Turkish government says Turkey is following an active policy regarding the Middle East.

 [Net News Publisher] Kurdish PM Warns Against Hasty Withdrawal of US Forces From Iraq: Nechirvan Barzani told VOA Kurdish service in an exclusive interview Saturday that people should not underestimate the progress that has been made in Iraq since U.S. forces toppled Sadaam Hussein in 2003. He said Iraq is a special situation that requires patience.

 [MEMG: The Middle East Monitoring Group] MIDEAST NEWS MONITOR 052308 (UPDATE): The Iraqi Kurdish administration is serious about preventing the use of northern Iraq for attacks on Turkey by the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), a senior official of the Kurdish government has said. Nechirvan Barzani, prime minister of the semi-autonomous Kurdish administration running northern Iraq, told Turkish journalists during a visit to Washington that measures against the PKK would continue…(Today’s Zaman).

 [Turkish Digest] Turkey-Iraq dialogue's level to depend on Baghdad: Turkey will continue to hold dialogue with the Iraqi government as well as the regional Kurdish administration, but the level and frequency will depend on concrete action in the fight against the PKK, Turkey's foreign minister said on Monday."

 [Global Geopolitics Crisis Monitor] Iraq Crisis News: ANKARA, Turkey””Iraqi Kurdish officials say Turkish jets have struck Kurdish rebel positions in northern Iraq, close to the Turkish border. The Web site of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan says Turkish warplanes bombed several border areas near the towns Neroye, Rekan and Dahuk on Sunday night.

 [EUROPE TURKMEN FRIENDSHIPS] Census of Population and Land in Kerkuk subdivision at the time of ...: In this regard it is important to note that:- according to the ration card data base, considered by the United Nations to be a reliable source for information on the Iraqi population, some 12.000 families (Turkmens and Kurds) were expelled from Kerkuk under the previous regime, one third being Turkmens.- until April 10, 2003, Kerkuk had 810.000 inhabitants and that today, after four and a half years of Kurdish control over Kerkuk its population is estimated to be over 1.5 million inhabitants, and that ALL the newcomers are Kurds.Today, citing ”˜Article 140’ of the constitution, the Kurds insist to start the ”˜normalization process’ in Kerkuk Province. But their interpretation of ”˜normalization’ is to establish Kurdish hegemony in a region of Iraq which is inhabited by Turkmens, Arabs and Kurds and which has never been part of ”˜Kurdistan’.

 [Global News Blog] Iraq - Fragile Cease-Fire Takes Hold in Baghdad Slum (NPR): ANKARA, Turkey Iraqi Kurdish officials say Turkish jets have struck Kurdish rebel positions in northern Iraq, close to the Turkish border. The Web site of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan says Turkish warplanes bombed several border .

[Enterprise Resilience Management Blog] Turkey Invests in Kurdish Region: "Turkey’s government is planning a broad series of investments worth as much as $12 billion in the country's largely Kurdish southeast, in a new economic effort intended to create jobs and draw young men away from militancy, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said. The program is intended to drain support for the militant Kurdish group, the Kurdistan Workers' Party, by improving the lives of Turkey’s impoverished Kurdish minority, Mr.

 [Ukybernadetteholly's Weblog] IRAQ: Kurdistan ward appeals in consideration of croaker amassment: BAGHDAD, 1 July 2007 (IRIN) - The semi-arbitrary iron hand in connection with Kurdistan, an in southwestern Iraq, has issued a spheric imploring in favor of clinical cornucopia toward dismiss all doubt patients there take on irreducible readying. Number one indicted attack ingoing segregate the goods regarding Iraq whereas the shoddy default upon rick swish the Dixieland.

 [Global News Blog Headlines] Iraq - US Offers Training, Pay as It Frees Iraqi Detainees (NPR): For many recruits of al-Qaida in Iraq, it’s the chance to make money, not extremism or ideology, that attracted them so many are released from U.S. military prisons because they are not that dangerous. A U.S. general is offering classes and a parole system to help keep them out of prison once they are freed.

[News] Turkish Officials Meet With Iraqi Kurds: ANKARA, Turkey (UPI) - Turkish representatives gathered with the prime minister of the Kurdistan Regional Government of Iraq in Baghdad, opening talks between Iraqi Kurds and Turkey. Read More”¦

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