Turkish troops cross Iraqi border

Some 300 Turkish soldiers crossed into northern Iraq in pursuit of Kurdish guerrillas yesterday in the wake of the heaviest air raids for years by the Turkish airforce on the mountain hideouts of the rebels.

Iraq Parliament Condems Turkish Bombings

Someone forgot to tell them who the real leaders of Iraq are.

"We strongly condemn this cruel attack on Iraqi sovereignty and on the principle of friendly neighbourhood," the Iraqi parliament said in a statement that spoke of "several innocent civilian casualties"

Turkey Gets US Permission for Iraq Bombings

The United States is now the official owner of all Iraq.

Massoud Barzani, president of the Kurdish regional government, which administers three northern Iraqi provinces, called the attack "a violation of Iraq's sovereignty." He blamed the U.S. military, which controls Iraqi airspace, for allowing Turkish warplanes to cross the border. The Iraqi parliament also condemned the attacks yesterday.

Iraq Expected to Miss Deadline on Constitutional Referendum

Maybe this impasse will resolve itself when Iraqi Kurds have succeeded in ethnically cleansing the city of Kirkuk.

“I left the house, like thousands of Arabs have done, to protect myself from the hatred and aggression of the pesh merga, who are so aggressive against Arabs,”