Turkish Raids Against Kurdish Rebels Add New Tension to Iraq Conflict.

[...] GWEN IFILL: Mr. Aliriza, does this raise the question or any concerns at all that the United States is, in fact, cooperating with an ally, in violating the sovereignty of another ally, as the Iraqis were saying today?

BULENT ALIRIZA, Center for Strategic and International Studies: Well, it's very complicated. The Turks are allies, and the Turks are allies who have been the victims of PKK terrorism from northern Iraq, which is a country and a part of a country which is under U.S. control.

So the Turks have been complaining for some time that the PKK terrorism, which was revived after the overthrow of Saddam Hussein, was a problem that the U.S. and Turkey ought to address together, in spite of their efforts against terrorism and having ignored, effectively, the Turkish pleas for support.

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