Iraqi Kurds
Mar 1 2008, Balbhadra Rana

When the Turkish army moved into Northern Iraq to destroy PKK positions a few days ago, it had been widely predicted by Turkish commentators that the operation would be a long one. So the general impression was that Turkey would stay on till it had...

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