Yup, Iraq to disappear as a campaign issue as the mantra will be BUSH WON IRAQ for the next five months.
And I am INSULTED that the Kurds get another mention without any reference to Turkey's slaughter of them.
"Iraq promises to do more against Kurdish guerrillas; Kuwait plans to send first envoy since '90 invasion" by Alexandra Zavis, Los Angeles Times | July 11, 2008
BAGHDAD - Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki promised his Turkish counterpart yesterday that he would help crack down on Kurdish guerrillas along Turkey's border, as Iraq attempts to mend relations with its neighbors.
The pledge was made during a visit by Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the first by a Turkish leader to Baghdad in 18 years. Erdogan's visit was a diplomatic victory for Maliki, who has been touring regional capitals in a bid to persuade his counterparts to normalize relations with Iraq and help the country rebuild.
In another sign of progress, Kuwait said yesterday that it planned to appoint an ambassador to Iraq for the first time since Saddam Hussein's invasion in 1990.
Yes, I am sick of the shit-shoveling AmeriKan MSM, thanks for asking.
Iraq maintains important economic ties with its neighbors but has been diplomatically isolated since US-led forces toppled Hussein's Sunni Arab regime in March 2003. Of Iraq's neighbors, only Turkey and Iran, which also are its only non-Arab neighbors, have maintained full embassies in Baghdad.
Baghdad's relations with Turkey have been strained by the activities of the Kurdistan Workers Party, or PKK, a guerrilla group that uses bases in northern Iraq to fight for Kurdish autonomy in southeast Turkey. The United States and Turkey have designated the PKK a terrorist group.
Using US-supplied intelligence, Turkey sent thousands of ground troops over the border in February to attack PKK bases, drawing protests from Iraqi leaders.
With violence levels at a four-year low, Maliki has turned his attention to improving relations with regional countries, many of them Sunni Arab nations suspicious of Iraq's close ties with Shi'ite-led Iran. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad visited in June, the only other leader of a neighboring country to travel to Iraq since Hussein was ousted.
Maliki's recent crackdowns against Shi'ite militants in Baghdad and southern Iraq appear to have boosted regional confidence in his government. US officials also have been pressing reluctant Arab countries to restore diplomatic ties with Iraq.
Jordan and the United Arab Emirates have designated envoys and Bahrain has indicated that it would do so soon. Jordan's King Abdullah II had been expected to visit Iraq this week but postponed the trip without explanation.--MORE--"
Hey, Globe, what about the WAR?
NO ONE DIED YESTERDAY?
I can't go on much longer.
