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Breaking News: Turkish Gunships fire into Iraq
Indian NDTV is reporting Tuesday morning that Turkish Cobra helicopter gunships have fired into Kurdish Workers Party (PKK) positions inside northern Iraq. The action comes […]
Reconciliation Sheikhs Kidnapped; Kirkuk, Karbala Bombings
LA Times says that 11 members of The Salam (Peace) tribal council of Baquba, were kidnapped at gunpoint as they were driving back from the […]
Muqtada al-Sadr Says Freeze on Al-Mahdi Army’s Military Action Still in Effect
The USG Open Source Center summarizes and translates a recent statement of Shiite clerical leader Muqtada al-Sadr, issued two weeks ago, insisting that the suspension […]
Major US Anti-War Protests Karbala turned over to Iranian-backed Badr
Tens of thousands of Americans rallied against the war in major cities on Saturday. The US military is turning over security duties in Karbala to […]
Turkish, Iranian Presidents Condemn Kurds
AFP reports that Prime Minister Rejep Tayyib Erdogan of Turkey said Saturday, of the Kurdish Workers Party guerrillas holed up in Iraq, “We will launch […]
Iraqi Sunni, Shiite Preachers Denounce al-Qaeda
The USG Open Source Center reports on Iraqi sermons on Friday. Round-up of Iraqi Friday Sermons 26 OctIraq — OSC SummarySaturday, October 27, 2007 Al-Iraqiyah […]
Basra and a Mahdi Army Resurgence?
AP reports that Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani is concerned about a wave of assassinations and killings in the southern port city of Basra: ‘ A […]
US Sanctions on Iran
The Bush administration announced wideranging new sanctions on Iran on Thursday, which target three Iranian banks, nine companies associated with the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps, […]
Iraqi Delegation Pleads with Turkey not to Invade; Turkish Shelling of Iraqi Villages KRG: No PKK Offices in Iraq
The USG Open Source Center translates television news concerning the crisis between Turkey and Iraq over the Kurdish Workers Party (PKK) guerrilla actions against Turks; […]
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