Iraq Angered by Turkish Bombing

Iraqi leaders criticized Turkey today for bombing Kurdish militants in northern Iraq with airstrikes that they said left at least one woman dead.

The Turkish attacks in Dohuk Province on Sunday — involving dozens of war planes and artillery — were the largest known cross-border attack since 2003, and they occurred with at least tacit approval by American officials.

The Iraqi government, however, said it was not consulted or informed.

Masoud Barzani, leader of the autonomous Kurdish region in the north, condemned the assaults as a violation of Iraqi sovereignty that undermined months of diplomacy. “These attacks hinder the political efforts exerted to find peaceful solution based on mutual respect,” he said in a statement.

At a news conference in Najaf, he went further, declaring that “the Americans are responsible because the Iraqi sky is under their full control.” New York Times