Excerpt from report by Shenwar Kochary entitled "Duhok court imprisons and fines a journalist", carried by Iraqi Patriotic Union of Kurdistan-funded daily Aso on 14 May On the request of the public prosecutor, the Duhok Court has issued an arrest warrant for Muhammad Salih, the editor-in-chief of Rasan weekly newspaper, which is issued by Duhok branch of the Kurdistan Islamic Union.

Doha Al-Jazeera Satellite Channel Television in Arabic at 1306 gmt on 28 September carries the following announcer-read report: "Turkey and Iraq today signed a security agreement on fighting the members of the banned Kurdistan Workers Party [PKK] in northern Iraq.

By Lauren Frayer Associated Press BAGHDAD, Iraq -- U.S. helicopters on Friday mistakenly killed at least five Kurdish troops, a group that Washington hopes to enlist as a partner to help secure Iraq, U.S. and Iraqi officials said.

A U.S. airstrike hit a Kurdish position in northern Iraq, killing at least eight Kurdish troops and wounding six, Iraqi officials said Friday. The U.S. military said it was looking into the report.

BAGHDAD, Iraq - A suicide truck bomb in the city of Kirkuk in Iraq's Kurdish north killed at least 12 people and wounded another 55, police said Sunday.