Tuesday, June 26, 2007

Look the Other Way: U.S. Stance on Limited N. Iraq Incursions

"Look the Other Way: U.S. Stance on Limited N. Iraq Incursions

By Soner Cagaptay
Today's Zaman, June 25, 2007

The United States has done a lot behind the scenes, such as shutting down the terrorist Kurdistan Workers' Party's (PKK) financial network in Europe, but Turks need something more tangible from the superpower US, says Soner Cagaptay, a senior fellow and director of The Washington Institute for Near East Policy's Turkish Research Program.

"At this stage what is tangible is something whose picture can be taken and put on the front page of Today's Zaman," he says. A tangible action is either some type of military action or the delivery of some PKK members to Turkey, Cagaptay notes. "

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