Turkey Offers Water For Iraqi Crackdown On Kurdish Rebels - -Christian Science MonitorSeeking to expand its role on the Mideast stage, it promised Tuesday to send more water to drought-stricken Iraq, which faces its lowest harvest in a decade.
Baghdad - Turkey, which is seeking an expanded role on the Mideast stage, says it is a forging a new model of cooperation with Iraq.
After talks in Baghdad, Turkey pledged Tuesday to release more water from the Euphrates River to its drought-ravaged neighbor. Iraq, meanwhile, has announced plans to crack down on Kurdish rebels on the Turkish border.
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My Comment: Water is what built empires in the past (particularly in the Middle East) .... and it is water that can bring conflict today. Iraq is starving for water .... and it is all because of the dams that Turkey (and to a lesser degree Syria) have built.