Morning Buzz: Dec. 18, 2007
News Desk
- December 18, 2007
About 300 Turkish soldiers crossed the border into Iraq last night and remain there hunting for Kurdish rebels. At the same time, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice made a surprise visit to Kirkuk, also in the Kurdish portion of northern Iraq.
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Morning Buzz: Nov. 13, 2007
News Desk
- November 13, 2007
This morning former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto urged President Pervez Musharraf to step down after she was put on house arrest for the second time in five days. The opposition leader said she would not be able to rule alongside Musharraf in the future because she could not trust him. Musharraf came to power in a 1999 coup and has been a valuable U.S. ally in the war on terrorism.
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Morning Buzz: Nov. 2, 2007
News Desk
- November 2, 2007
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was in Turkey today and assured Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Foreign Minister Ali Babacan that the Kurdish rebels threatening the shared border between Turkey and Iraq are a "common threat." She said the United States, Turkey, and Iraq will counter any strikes the Kurdish rebels make in Turkey.
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