Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Occupation Iraq: Turks Talk Truce

Here is why:

"Turkish officials meet Iraqi Kurds in Baghdad" by Sinan Salaheddin, Associated Press | October 15, 2008

BAGHDAD - Turkish officials yesterday pressed the president of Iraq's Kurdish enclave to crack down on the Kurdish separatists launching cross-border attacks from their Iraqi mountain sanctuaries. The meeting was held as Turkish media reported that five Turkish soldiers were wounded yesterday in a Kurdish guerrilla attack on a military convoy in southeastern Turkey. --more--"

And how come a dead American is a BRIEF, readers?

"American soldier killed in Baghdad

BAGHDAD - An American soldier was killed yesterday by gunfire in western Baghdad, the US military said, the first US combat death in the capital in two weeks. The military said the soldier, whose name was not released, was wounded when gunmen fired on a patrol late in the afternoon (AP)."