Worried Iraqi Officials Urge Calm as Turkish-Kurdish Conflict Escalates« Thread Started on Oct 12, 2007, 10:46am » --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Worried Iraqi Officials Urge Calm as Turkish-Kurdish Conflict EscalatesBy Joshua PartlowWashington Post Foreign Service Thursday, October 11, 2007; Page A13 read at source> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/co ... terBAGHDAD, Oct. 10 -- Turkish armed forces' escalation of bombing and shelling in northern Iraq, along with threats of a broad ground incursion across the border, has alarmed and surprised Iraqi officials, who say the problems Turkey faces from rebel groups can be solved peacefully through diplomacy. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------