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October 15, 2007
Tensions Mount Over Possible Turkish Incursion Into Iraq

October 15, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- This week, the Turkish government is expected to seek parliament's approval for a military operation into northern Iraq targeting Kurdish Workers Party (PKK) fighters blamed for killing more than 20 Turkish soldiers and civilians this month.

October 14, 2007
U.S. Officials Urge Restraint From Turkey

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has acknowledged that Washingon is currently in "a difficult time" in its relations with Turkey.
October 11, 2007
Iraq: Official Recalls Kirkuk's Past, Present

PRAGUE, October 11, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- The oil-rich region of Kirkuk is currently undergoing a process of "normalization" in which Arabs settled in the area from central and southern Iraq during Saddam Hussein's Arabization campaign of the 1980s are being relocated to their original towns, and Kurds displaced under the campaign are being resettled there.
October 10, 2007
Turkey Warned Against Incursion Into Kurdish Region

Just a week after concluding a security agreement with Iraq, Turkey has threatened to send its military across the border to pursue Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) fighters holed up in the mountains.
October 09, 2007
Iraq Wants Blackwater To Pay For Civilian Deaths

Blackwater security contractors in Baghdad (file photo) (AFP) October 9, 2007 -- Western news agencies are quoting an Iraqi government report as demanding that the U.S. security firm Blackwater pay $136 in compensation for the killing of Iraqi civilians in Baghdad last month.
October 08, 2007
Iraq, Iran Reopen Border In Kurdish Region

October 8, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- Iraqi and Iranian authorities have reopened all border crossings in the Kurdish semi-autonomous north of Iraq that were closed following Iranian cross-border shelling.
October 08, 2007
Brown Says Troop Pullout From Iraq Does Not Mean Defeat

October 8, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- British Prime Minister Gordon Brown today gave further details of Britain's plans, announced during his visit to Baghdad last week, to withdraw 1,000 British troops from Iraq by the end of the year.
October 08, 2007
Baghdad Says Blackwater Shooting Was Deliberate Crime

Blackwater security contractors in Baghdad (file photo) (AFP) October 8, 2007 -- An official Iraqi investigation into a deadly shooting by guards from the U.S. security firm Blackwater has said the incident amounts to a deliberate crime, and recommended that those involved be held legally accountable.
October 07, 2007
Petraeus Renews Arms Accusations Against Iran

General David Petraeus (file) (AFP) October 7, 2007 -- The U.S. military commander in Iraq, General David Petraeus, has renewed accusations that Iran is fuelling violence in Iraq.
October 05, 2007
Solana To Visit Central Asia For Energy, Drug-Trade Talks

BRUSSELS, October 7, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana will tour Central Asia next week to discuss energy cooperation, combating the drug trade, and other issues.
October 05, 2007
Iraq: Parliament Speaker Says Progress Being Made

Mahmud al-Mashhadani (RFE/RL) October 5, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- Iraqi parliament speaker Mahmud al-Mashhadani visited RFE/RL headquarters in Prague on October 5 and spoke with RFE/RL Iraq analyst Kathleen Ridolfo about regional interference in Iraq, the insurgency, and the possibilities for national reconciliation.
October 04, 2007
Iraq: Criticism Of U.S. Senate's Partition Resolution Echoes Across Arab World

(RFE/RL) October 4, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- The U.S. Senate's passage of a nonbinding resolution calling for a formal separation of Iraq's 18 governorates into three autonomous regions that would reflect the country's largest ethnicities has sparked a massive outcry both inside Iraq and across the Arab world, with critics suggesting the United States has overstepped its role in Iraq.

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Monday 15 October 2007

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Iraq

Monday 15 October 2007

Tensions Mount Over Possible Turkish Incursion Into Iraq

U.S. Officials Urge Restraint From Turkey

Iraq: Official Recalls Kirkuk's Past, Present

Turkey Warned Against Incursion Into Kurdish Region

Iraq Wants Blackwater To Pay For Civilian Deaths

Iraq, Iran Reopen Border In Kurdish Region

Brown Says Troop Pullout From Iraq Does Not Mean Defeat

Baghdad Says Blackwater Shooting Was Deliberate Crime

Petraeus Renews Arms Accusations Against Iran

Solana To Visit Central Asia For Energy, Drug-Trade Talks

Iraq: Parliament Speaker Says Progress Being Made

Iraq: Criticism Of U.S. Senate's Partition Resolution Echoes Across Arab World

Editors' Picks

RFE/RL Uncovers $1 Million Dubai Property In Ukrainian Lawmaker's Family

Peace Talks Brewing, Russia And Ukraine Jockey For Advantage -- On And Off Battlefield

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