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Turkey and Iraq meet after Border Skirmishes
March 7, 2008 – 5:10 pm
Turkey’s President Abdullah Gul met his Iraqi counterpart Jalal Talabani today, in an attempt to smooth tensions after the Turkish military launched an assault on Kurdish PKK rebels in northern Iraq toward the end of February. The Turkish offensive had put the US in an awkward position, as it potentially pitted Turkey, a critical NATO ally that receives [...]
America’s Silver Lining in the Pakistan Elections
February 29, 2008 – 1:20 pm
With the results of Pakistan’s election showing clear wins for the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and Nawaz Sharif’s Pakistan Muslim League, the New York Times writes that the elections were a clear loss for President Bush, who staunchly supported the former President Pervez Musharraf. Apparently, the new government might no longer allow NATO forces to [...]
