Today's Zaman (Turquie) : "Turkey’s approach to the increasing violence in Iraq" par Hasan Kanbolat

Turkey’s approach to the increasing violence in Iraq

The completion of the withdrawal of American troops from Iraqi towns and cities on June 30 has sparked an increase in violence across the country.

One sign of this was the June 20 bomb attack which took place in the Kirkuk district of Tazehurmatu, in which 80 people lost their lives. It is currently harvest season in the Kirkuk region, and the suicide attack took place with a bomb-laden truck, the explosives hidden under wheat. Around 200 people were also injured in this attack. Another attack on July 9 in the Mosul town of Telafer is a sign of the continuing pressures and scare tactics being shown to the Turkmen residents of this region. In short, more than 125 people have been killed and nearly 300 injured in attacks which have occurred over the past 17 days in the northern Iraqi locations of Tazehurmatu, Mosul and Telafer. In fact, every



its sensitivities regarding the Tazehurmatu attack in the hours after the incident


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