Archive for March, 2010
Common point of US-Iran-Turkey is united Iraq after elections
’The outcome of March 7 elections will be a compass to designate Iraq’s political direction. Turkey, however, will be more active by opening two more consulates regardless whoever wins,’ a diplomat close to President Abdullah Gül told Hürriyet Daily News
War-torn Iraq is voting Sunday to elect new parliament under the shadow of bloody attacks at polling stations and checkpoints. All key players such as the U.S., Iran, Turkey and other neighboring states keep their eyes on the events as Iraqis try to heal their wounds and form a new democratic government.
Although the U.S. and Iran have long been rival powers in the region, unity and stability of Iraq do serve for their common interests in the post-war era, according to Joost Hilterman of the Brussels-based International Crisis Group, or ICG. Read the rest of this entry »