[longjack]

Here's the story the German "Spiegel" got from Reuters:

KURDS IN IRAQ

The End of the Friendship

U.S. forces have started to disarm allied Kurdish fighters in the Northern-Iraq city of Mosul.

Mosul - U.S. soldiers advanced against three street blockades in Mosul which were occupied by Peschmerga fighters of the Kurdish Democratic Party (KDP), as reporters present there observed. At first the Kurds refused to hand in their weapons. Kurds had also moved in reinforcements. Only when U.S. helicopter gunships and massed U.S. forces appeared did the situation ease, said a Reuter's reporter. U.S. soldiers confiscated numerous weapons. Lieutenant-colonel Chris Holden of the 101st air-borne division said: "Our intention is to disarm them. I don't want a confrontation. But, we won't back down". The Peschmerga fighters had to leave the town, Holden said.

Mosul had been taken by the Peschmerga fighters without a fight before U.S. troops moved in later.

"Spiegel-Online"..Das Ende der Freundschaft

Translated by longjack

Sounds like it was a little more than a yes sir, no sir conversation.

longjack

[a_Turk]

Continued fighting between Turkish Armed Forces and PKK from northern Irak today, two Turkish soldiers dead and two wounded.

The general staff produced a dossier today of European countries where the PKK is active and is recruiting, propagandizing, planning and fundraising. These countries are: England, Greece, Switzerland, Russia, Romania, Bulgaria and Italy. Germany is finally off the list.