Epstein Secrets

ing countries. Indeed, Lebanon's Salafists have already been spurred into action, and a similar effect may be seen in Iraq. The wave of bombings in Baghdad and beyond on Monday may be a portent of some Iraqi Sunni insurgents, spurred by events in Syria, to try and reverse their defeat in that country's

Syria is that Turkey has had to reconsider its policy toward countries on its periphery. In the case of Iraq, Turkey has an interest in suppressing the Kurdistan Workers' Party militants who have taken refuge there and defending oil and other economic interests. Turkey's strategy is moving from avoiding all confrontations

anch. 2. Bus Carrying Iranian Pilgrims in Iraq Comes Under Attack [MSN] • The bus carrying Iranian Shiite pilgrims was travelling from Samarra to Baghdad when it was targeted about 30 miles north of Baghdad by unidentified gunmen. • Seven Iranian passengers were wounded and taken to hospital, includ

4] • Dawood Baghestani is a senior member of the Kurdish Communities Union, a coalition of organizations that include groups with alleged links to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), a radical left-wing and nationalist militant outfit considered a terrorist group in Turkey. • According to the regional chief prosecutor, B

y has backed the secular pan-Iraqi movement of Ayad Allawi. Following months of contention after the 2010 elections, Maliki formed a government in Baghdad, scoring a victory for Tehran. Maliki has cracked down on Ankara-backed factions, issuing an arrest warrant for Tariq al-Hashimi, Iraq's vice presi

and trade boomed. Meanwhile, shared objections to the Iraq War appeared to bind the Turks and the Iranians. Iran even stopped harboring rebels of the Kurdistan Workers' Party, or P.K.K., which it had encouraged to attack Turkey because of Ankara's pro-Western stance. After the Iraq War, Tehran began bombing the very P.K