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8/21 Why is Iran shelling northern Iraq?
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\_ http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/20/world/middleeast/20iraq.html
\_ Thank you both. --pp
\_ Turkey, Iran, the U.S, and the UK all agree that the PKK is a
terrorist organization
\_ The establishment of an independent Kurdistan following the first
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| csua.org/u/gq9 -> news.google.com/news?q=iran+iraq org, UK - Aug 18, 2006 NCRI Following several days of shelling Kurdish regions on Iran-Iraq border, local residents were forced to leave the area to seek refuge in Iraqi ... Iran, Iraq: Energy Ministers Discuss Power Exports Stratfor - Aug 19, 2006 19. The discussions, expected to last another two days, focus on increasing the amount of electricity exported from Iran to Iraq, and on a delay in the ... Iran, Iraq sign oil products exchange deal IranMania News, Iran - Aug 13, 2006 LONDON, August 14 (IranMania) - Iran and Iraq signed a memorandum of understanding for Iran to refine 100,000 barrels per day of Iraqi crude in return for two ... Iran, Iraq discuss oil deal AME Info, United Arab Emirates - Aug 13, 2006 Iran and Iraq's Oil Ministers have discussed a possible oil deal by which Iran would provide its neighbour with refined products in exchange for a supply of ... Kurds Recall Their '88 Flight to Mountains Los Angeles Times, CA - 14 hours ago ... Kurds have long fought violently for autonomy, collaborating with Tehran during the 1980s Iran-Iraq war. Iran, Iraq agree to establish joint security committee in charge ... Islamic Republic News Agency, Iran - Aug 14, 2006 Abadan Police Chief Colonel Ali-Reza Matin-Rad said on Monday that Iran and Iraq have agreed to establish a joint committee to promote the security of ... Iran, Iraq vow to promote energy cooperation People's Daily Online, China - Aug 12, 2006 Oil ministers of Iran and Iraq met here on Saturday in a bid to promote cooperation and bilateral development in the energy sector between the two neighboring ... Iran, Iraq discuss oil exchange deal Khaleej Times, United Arab Emirates - Aug 12, 2006 ... Relations between Iraq and Iran, which were at war from 1980-88 when Saddam Hussein was in power in Baghdad, have improved markedly since a Shia-led government ... Hizbollah, Iran Iraq, US and Israel IsraPundit, Canada - Aug 8, 2006 ... So, if US forces did not withdraw from Iraq, Iran would still be able not only to impose a penalty on the Americans but also to pursue its own strategic ... |
| www.nytimes.com/2006/08/20/world/middleeast/20iraq.html Iran have landed in remote northern villages of Iraqi Kurdistan in the past four days and have killed at least two civilians and wounded four others, a senior Kurdish official said Saturday. Turkey and Iran, said the official, Mustafa Sayed Qadir, a senior member of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, which governs the eastern half of Iraqi Kurdistan. "A lot of homes have been damaged and livestock killed," he said. A shepherd was wounded Saturday, and two women were among the three people wounded on previous days, he added. The government of Iraq is aware of the shelling, which has taken place occasionally in recent months, but has not taken an official position, he said. The president of Iraq, Jalal Talabani, is the head of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan. But Mr Talabani is also aware of the Iranian government's poor treatment of its Kurdish minority. Iranian officials could not be reached for comment Saturday evening. Iran and Turkey have sizeable Kurdish populations that live in mountainous areas bordering Iraqi Kurdistan. In recent weeks, the two countries have stepped up warnings to Kurdish militant groups, perhaps fearing that they might have enough of a haven in Iraqi Kurdistan to inject new vigor into independence movements in Iran and Turkey. Iraqi Kurdistan is autonomous from the rest of Iraq and is home to most of this country's five million Kurds. It is unclear what weaponry or troops Iran has amassed along its border with Iraqi Kurdistan. This month, the American ambassador to Iraq, Zalmay Khalilzad, said Iran had been pushing small Shiite militias to step up attacks against the American-led forces in retaliation for Israel's assault on Lebanon. An American military spokesman said some Shiite militias had been training in Iran and had received weapons from individuals or groups in that country. William B Caldwell IV, said the military had not found any evidence that the Iranian government was involved. In Baghdad on Saturday, thousands of Shiite pilgrims converged on a shrine in the northern part of the capital for an annual procession, walking a route secured by police officers as a citywide ban on driving emptied the streets in an effort to prevent sectarian attacks and panic. At least three Shiites were found dead in Baghdad, shot in the head, according to hospital officials. But the Interior Ministry could not confirm whether they were pilgrims. An American soldier died from wounds suffered during fighting in Anbar Province, the American military said in a statement. An Iraqi police patrol was ambushed by sniper fire in Mosul, killing a policeman and wounding another, the police said. In a series of gun battles in and around Baquba, at least six people were killed. A civilian died from stray gunfire after an attack on an Iraqi police checkpoint in a western suburb; nearby, gunmen killed two professors from Diyala University. Damien Cave contributed reporting from Baghdad for this article. |