Cook: Genocide Resolution Compromises U.S.-Turkey Relations on Iraq

Interviewee: Steven A. Cook
Interviewer: Lee Hudson Teslik

October 11, 2007

Two different October 10 events rattled U.S. relations with one of its
main allies in the Middle East, Turkey. First, Turkish warplanes and
helicopter gunships launched attacks on Kurdish-controlled regions of
northern Iraq, despite U.S. warnings not to do so. Then, a panel in
the Foreign Affairs Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives
infuriated Turkey by passing a resolution on Ottoman killings of
Armenians during the First World War, deeming them "genocide." CFR’s
Douglas Dillon Fellow Steven A. Cook says the two events pose a
problem for U.S.-Turkish relations. As Turkey continues to amass
troops on its border with Iraq, Cook says the ability of the United
States to dissuade against a full-on invasion "has been compromised."

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From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress