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22 February 2008 Military News

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  • Turkey starts ground incursion in N.Iraq RIA Novosti 22 Feb 2008 -- Turkey has launched a large-scale ground operation targeting Kurdish insurgents in the north of Iraq, the top military command said on Friday.
  • Iraq: Turkish Troops Cross Border To Hunt Down Kurdish Rebels RFE/RL 22 Feb 2008 -- The Turkish Army says its troops have crossed into northern Iraq to hunt down Kurdish rebels based across the border.
  • Ban Ki-moon calls for ‘utmost restraint’ in Turkey-Iraq border actions UN News Centre 22 Feb 2008 -- Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon expressed concern today over the latest escalation of tension along the Turkish-Iraqi border, appealing for “utmost restraint” in actions there and for respect of the border between the two countries.
  • Iraq Protests Turkish Military Incursion VOA 22 Feb 2008 -- Iraq's central and regional governments have protested the Turkish army's incursion into Iraq to attack Kurdish rebels
  • U.S. Urges ‘Swift Conclusion’ to Turkish Operations in Iraq AFPS 22 Feb 2008 -- The United States has urged Turkey to bring to a “swift conclusion” any ongoing military operations in Iraq, a Pentagon spokesman said today.
  • US Urges Turkey to Limit Iraq Incursion VOA 22 Feb 2008 -- The United States Friday called on Turkey to limit the scope of its ground incursion in northern Iraq and bring it to an early conclusion
  • Turkey starts ground incursion in N.Iraq RIA Novosti 22 Feb 2008 -- Turkey has launched a large-scale ground operation targeting Kurdish insurgents in the north of Iraq, the top military command said on Friday.
  • Turkey Forces Enter Northern Iraq VOA 22 Feb 2008 -- Turkish ground troops have entered northern Iraq in a drive against Kurdish separatists of the Kurdish Workers Party which Ankara accuses of using bases in Iraq to launch attacks against its forces in southeastern Turkey

  • US Reduces Belgrade Staff After Embassy Attack VOA 22 Feb 2008 -- The State Department is withdrawing non-essential personnel and family members of U.S. diplomats from Belgrade after Thursday's mob attack on the U.S. embassy there
  • Serbia: Could Belgrade Have Done More To Stem Violence? RFE/RL 22 Feb 2008 -- In Washington, Brussels, and at the United Nations, harsh condemnations were heard for the violence that erupted in Serbia's capital -- including the torching by angry mobs of the U.S. Embassy, where the charred remains of a body were later found.
  • Serbia: Commentary -- Mixed Signals From Belgrade RFE/RL 22 Feb 2008 -- The Belgrade violence of February 21 provides fresh evidence that Serbia has yet to come to terms with its past and a political culture steeped in blame and denial -- nearly a decade after former President Slobodan Milosevic's lost wars against Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia, and Kosovo.
  • Serbia: Commentary -- Elephant's Graveyard RFE/RL 22 Feb 2008 -- As we look aghast at the pictures of the flames coming from the U.S. Embassy in Belgrade, how to make sense of the Kosovo independence issue?
  • US Furious Over Belgrade Embassy Attack VOA 22 Feb 2008 -- The United States has formally protested to Serbia's government over inadequate security at the U.S. embassy in Belgrade, which was attacked and partly burned by demonstrators Thursday
  • Russia warns Belgrade riots will harm Kosovo efforts RIA Novosti 22 Feb 2008 -- Russia's foreign minister expressed concern to his Serb counterpart on Friday that riots in Belgrade would harm diplomatic efforts to settle the Kosovo problem, Serbia's Foreign Ministry said.
  • Serbian President Calls for End to Violence VOA 22 Feb 2008 -- Serbian President Boris Tadic has called for an end to violence after rioters opposed to Kosovo's declaration of independence Thursday attacked the U.S. and other embassies in Belgrade.

  • COMOROS: On the edge of a "military solution" IRIN 22 Feb 2008 -- In line with a long tradition of foreign military intervention, official and clandestine, international forces are moving in to help the Union government of Comoros re-establish control over the renegade island of Anjouan and save the fragile three-island state in the Indian Ocean from falling apart.
  • Destruction in West Darfur town shocking, reports UN refugee agency UN News Centre 22 Feb 2008 -- United Nations refugee agency staff participating in a joint assessment of the West Darfur town of Sirba, which came under air and ground attack from the Sudanese Government and allied militia groups earlier this month, say they were shocked at the level of destruction they witnessed.
  • Cameroon: UN provides more food aid as Chadian refugees move into camps UN News Centre 22 Feb 2008 -- As many as 20,000 Chadian refugees who recently fled to northern Cameroon are receiving essential food items from the United Nations, as they begin to make their way from a transit centre near the border to a camp.
  • UN tribunal stays order temporarily releasing five former Bosnian Croat leaders UN News Centre 22 Feb 2008 -- The United Nations tribunal set up to deal with the worst crimes committed during the Balkan conflicts of the 1990s today stayed its decision earlier this week to grant provisional release to five former senior Bosnian Croat figures who are currently on trial.
  • Sierra Leone: UN-backed court upholds jail sentences for rebel leaders UN News Centre 22 Feb 2008 -- The United Nations-backed Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) today upheld the long jail sentences it handed down last year to three former rebel leaders convicted of multiple counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity during the country’s brutal civil war in the 1990s.
  • No obstructions to regrouping of peacekeepers in Eritrea, UN says UN News Centre 22 Feb 2008 -- With Eritrea still hindering the temporary relocation of United Nations peacekeepers to Ethiopia, the UN mission to the two countries said today that there were as yet no obstructions to its regrouping in the Eritrean capital of Asmara.
  • Uganda and rebels make more progress towards peace accord, says UN envoy UN News Centre 22 Feb 2008 -- The United Nations envoy for the peace process between the Ugandan Government and the rebel Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) says more progress is being made in the talks between the two sides as they try to reach a comprehensive peace accord ending their long-running conflict.
  • UN Officials Express Shock at Destruction of West Darfur Village VOA 22 Feb 2008 -- The UN refugee agency reports that UN aid workers who visited western Darfur recently have expressed shock at the level of destruction in one village
  • KENYA: Armed and dangerous IRIN 22 Feb 2008 -- Kenya is at risk of plunging into a new wave of violence, despite progress in negotiations to end a political crisis, because several armed groups are mobilising on all sides of the country’s ethno-political divisions, according to the International Crisis Group (ICG) think-tank.
  • CHAD: Plea to CEMAC for funds to rebuild destroyed capital IRIN 22 Feb 2008 -- Chad is seeking funds from the Central African Economic and Monetary Community (CEMAC) to repair parts of the capital, N’djamena, which were destroyed in fighting that pitted government troops against invading rebel forces in early February, the country's minister of state for agriculture, Haroun Kabadi, said.
  • Two Palestinian gunmen killed in Israeli airstrike RIA Novosti 22 Feb 2008 -- An Israeli missile killed at least two Palestinian militants and wounded another on Friday morning in central Gaza, local radio reported.
  • Kenya Reconciliation Talks Continue; Focus on Power-Sharing Issues VOA 22 Feb 2008 -- Parties to the Kenya reconciliation talks held a series of meetings Friday aimed at bringing the two sides closer on the issue of power-sharing which has been the biggest obstacle to date

News Reports

  • ASEAN plays key role in helping Myanmar, UN envoy stresses UN News Centre 22 Feb 2008 -- Countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) have a significant role to play in helping Myanmar on the path to democratization and national reconciliation, the Secretary-General’s Special Adviser on Myanmar said in Jakarta today.
  • Fidel Castro Criticizes US Calls for Change in Cuba VOA 22 Feb 2008 -- Cuba's Fidel Castro has strongly criticized U.S. calls for change in Cuba, following his resignation earlier this week as president more than 49 years after seizing power.