Turkish judge passes singing sense ruling

Singing and singers would appear to be taking up a lot of court time in Turkey at the moment. After the postponement of the trial of one of the country's biggest singers, Bulent Ersoy, for speaking out against the futility of sending soldiers to die in the country's conflict...

Remembering Halabja

On March 16, 1988 the largest scale chemical weapons attack against a civilian population in modern times occured in a town called Halabja, which is located about 150 miles northeast of Baghdad, and between 8 to 10...

Iraqi minister warns Turkish raid could destabilise, report

London (ANTARA News/AFP) - Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari warned Saturday that Turkey`s ground offensive in northern Iraq should end quickly before it destabilises the region, in an interview with the BBC.Zebari, quoted by the BBC website, said that Iraq did not...

Factbox: Why did Turkey invade Iraq?

 As this photo of  a Typical Kurdish Family, certainly attests to Kurdish Bloodlust, you know they're just asking for a can of Turkish Whup Ass!    These Kurds, so smug and smarmy living...

After Iraq- a glimpse of a possible MidEast future

"A report from the new Middle East—and a glimpse of its possible future by Jeffrey Goldberg, Atlantic Monthly, Jan-Feb 2008Not long ago, in a decrepit prison in Iraqi Kurdistan, a senior interrogator with the Kurdish intelligence service decided, for my entertainment and...

Turkey planes bomb northern Iraq

"Large numbers of Turkish fighter jets have bombed suspected Kurdish rebel bases in northern Iraq, reports say. Turkish officials said the warplanes had targeted the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), in areas near the...

Canadian Bank Robber Pleads Guilty To Funding Rebels

Wow, this guy certainly doesn't even look like he's over 18, let alone a criminal mastermind."A Canadian bank robber who pleaded guilty yesterday to stealing an antique jewellery piece made for a 19th-century Austrian empress also revealed he was funding Kurdish rebels in...

Turkey Demands American Military Intervention

"This is a fine mess. First Turkey was so miffed over the now-tabled Congressional "Turkish genocide" resolutionthat its ambassador flounced back home. Now Turkey is demanding that the U.S.take military action against Kurdish fighters on Turkey's borders: or else. From...

Turkey to knock Stuffing out of Kurdish Rebels.

Turkey on the move, against US governments protests has sent troops along it's Southern Border with Iraq to quash Kurdish Rebels along it's own borders."SIRNAK, Turkey -- Turkey said on Monday eight of its soldiers...

Turkish troops killed in PKK clash

Kurdish fighters have killed 13 Turkish soldiers in a clash in Turkey's southeast, and troops responded by shelling an area near the Iraqi border, according to the military.

"To Look Death in the Eye" -- The Kurds of Iraq

Part FIVE of a FIVE-part series on Iraq's ethnic minorities. • Go to Part One: Iraq's Yazidis -- A Minority within a Minority • See Part Two: The Turkomans of Iraq -- A Minority with Major...

Shifting Sands: Iranian Military Attacks Iraq

   NowPublic contributor phrolen is a veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Joint Taskforce Katrina. His analysis comes from actual experience        The Iranian...

First cholera case confirmed in Baghdad - Yahoo! News

Another problem that Iraq now has to deal with.  How much more can these people take??  ----------------------------------------------"An Iraqi Kurdish woman suffering from cholera lies in a hospital in...

Pentagon probes missing weapons, contract fraud

Washington (ANTARA News) - The Pentagon`s independent watchdog has launched a probe into the military`s inability to account for weapons in Iraq after reports that Kurdish militants were using U.S. arms to attack...

Iraq's Shiite, Sunni, Kurdish leaders reach consensus on key laws

"Iraq's Shiite, Sunni, Kurdish leaders reach consensus on key laws Compiled by Daily Star staff Monday, August 27, 2007 Iraq's Shiite, Sunni, Kurdish leaders reach consensus on key laws Iraq's top Shiite, Sunni Arab...

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