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Turks, Kurds, and Condi Rice

Turks, Kurds, and Condi Rice

(December 20, 2007) Turkey's brief invasion of Kurdish Iraq was reported in-depth by Turkish and Kurdish TV. The rest of the world's media was equally interested in how an American visitor - Secretary of State Condi Rice - reacted to the incursion. Reports claimed that the U.S. helped the Turks in their bombing campaign. But Secretary Rice managed to sidestep the question.

SOURCES: Kurdsat, Iraqi Kurdistan; TRT, Turkey; Al Jazeera English, Qatar; BBC, U.K.; Press TV, Iran; NBC News, U.S.

Turks, Kurds, and Condi Rice

(December 20, 2007) Turkey's brief invasion of Kurdish Iraq was reported in-depth by Turkish and Kurdish TV. The rest of the world's media was equally interested in how an American visitor - Secretary of State Condi Rice - reacted to the incursion. Reports claimed that the U.S. helped the Turks in their bombing campaign. But Secretary Rice managed to sidestep the question.

SOURCES: Kurdsat, Iraqi Kurdistan; TRT, Turkey; Al Jazeera English, Qatar; BBC, U.K.; Press TV, Iran; NBC News, U.S.

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