http://www.centcom.mil/sites/uscentcom2/Lists/Current%20Press%20Releases/DispForm.aspx?ID=5733

Sheiks from the Tamimi tribe (Sunni) and Tabouri tribe (Shi’ite) met on October 24 and signed a fellowship agreement vowing “that they will cooperate in identifying tribal members who are corrupt or harboring terrorists, stop mortar attacks and in-fighting between Sunni and Shia villages and work honestly together on solutions toward a better future.”

http://www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2007/10/9F724E94-3DB0-4996-B9C7-D95D8222FDB7.html

Some of the factors in this equation are 1) economic interdependence between Turkey and Iraqi Kurdistan; 2) the prospect of the Iraqi Kurds aiding the Turks in routing the PKK for concessions such as recognizing Iraqi Kurdistan as a semi-autonomous region of a federal Iraq; and 3) U.S. influence (or lack thereof) over both the Turks and the Iraqi Kurds.

I wonder if any of these factors were considered when the Democrats voted the Armenian Genocide Resolution out of committee. Whether this action on the Democrats’ part was a deliberate attempt to disrupt supply lines to our troops in Iraq (sort of a back-door cutting off of funds to the war), or perhaps just a pathetic attempt to suck up to the Armenian-American community, the result was the same. It jeopardized whatever influence we might have in the conflict.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB119283901152765565.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

Never underestimate the power of grass roots. Once the regional leaders are on board with the Sahawa, the parliament will have no choice but to follow suit.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/17/AR2007101700967.html?hpid=topnews

If this develops into a full-scale conflict in northern Iraq after we’ve made so much progress to curb the violence in other parts of Iraq, then I agree with Rush Limbaugh that we should start calling this “Pelosi’s War.”

Good news! Speaker Pelosi is reconsidering this dangerous move:

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c63d8768-7ce3-11dc-aee2-0000779fd2ac.html?nclick_check=1