"Velvet Behind the Fist
Even as Turkey seemed poised to attack Kurdish rebels inside Iraq, it was trying a soft new approach at home.
Newsweek International
June 25, 2007 issue - Turkey's military appeared to be poised for war. Responding to a surge in Kurdish separatist attacks launched from northern Iraq, Turkish troops massed on the border—while commandos reportedly staged hot-pursuit raids inside Iraq itself. At the same time, though, inside Turkey the Army was trying a very different tactic—an unprecedented bid for hearts and minds that may end up doing more to end Kurdish violence than brute military force."
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