Iraq complains about Turkey bombing


	Iraq complains about Turkey bombing

invictus

12-17-2007 3:27 PM

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turkey, iraq, pkk, kurds, militarism, war

invictus says:

No opposing voices here. Cheerful Turkish media behaves like "the voice of the military".

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12-17-2007 9:10 PM

neochonetes

That happens here too! Media becomes the voice of the military, not the voice of reason.

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