ERDOGAN ACCUSES BAGHDAD OF PROVOKING CIVIL WAR IN IRAQ
ANKARA – AFP – 22.11.2012 – Turkish Premier Recep Tayyip Erdogan accused the Iraqi government on Wednesday of trying to drag the country into civil war, amid rising tensions between Baghdad and Iraqi Kurdish forces.
“The (Baghdad) regime wants to lead this (country) into a civil war,” Erdogan told reporters in Ankara before he left for Pakistan. His comments came after Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki issued a warning to Kurdish forces in the autonomous Kurdistan region in the north not to advance towards government troop positions following deadly clashes in the area last week.