Turkey maintains Kurdish extremists - members of the Kurdistan Workers Party, known as the PKK - have been launching attacks from northern Iraq on Turkish military personnel and civilians.

• 土耳其在一周前开始了跨越边境的攻势，布什政府在这段时间里一直在谨慎地开展外交工作。美国在支持伊拉克的主权之际还要设法支持土耳其打击恐怖分子。