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<strong>Iraq observed Thursday as a national day of mourning for the &quot;martyrs&quot; who were killed as a result of the &quot;brutal Turkish bombing&quot; of a mountain resort in Kurdistan&#39;s Dohuk province on Wednesday. The attack resulted in the death of eight tourists and had wounded more than two dozen people.</strong></p>
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Iraq&#39;s Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi, who has promised to hold the aggressors &quot;accountable&quot;, personally received the bodies of the victims at the Baghdad International Airport on Thursday. .&nbsp;</p>
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&quot;Once again, the Turkish Forces committed an explicit and blatant violation of the sovereignty of Iraq, and the lives and security of Iraq citizens,&quot; Al-Kadhimi had said in a statement hours after the attack.</p>
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&quot;This brutal attack underscored the fact that Turkey ignored Iraq&rsquo;s continuous demands to refrain from military violation against Iraqi territory and the lives of its people,&quot; he had added.<br />
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Chairing an urgent meeting of his Ministerial Council for National Security to &quot;discuss the repercussions&quot; on Wednesday, Al-Kadhimi, who is also the Commander-in-Chief of the country&#39;s armed forces, had asserted that Iraq reserves its full right to respond to the attacks.&nbsp;</p>
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PM <a href="https://twitter.com/MAKadhimi?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MAKadhimi</a> receives the bodies of the martyrs of the brutal Turkish attack on a tourist resort in Duhok province, and leads an official funeral at Baghdad International Airport. <a href="https://t.co/NxITc0WvsA">pic.twitter.com/NxITc0WvsA</a></p>
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Agreeing to a range of measures, the former intelligence chief directed his foreign ministry to prepare a complete dossier of the continuous Turkish attacks on Iraqi sovereignty, and to submit an urgent complaint in this regard to the United Nations Security Council.</p>
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Besides summoning the Turkish ambassador to Iraq to relay the condemnation, the council also decided to recall the Iraqi Charge d&#39;Affairs from Ankara for consultation and suspend ongoing procedures for appointing a new Iraqi ambassador to Turkey.<br />
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Iraq is also <a href="https://gds.gov.iq/the-commander-in-chief-mustafa-al-kadhimi-chairs-an-emergency-meeting-of-the-ministerial-council-for-national-security/" rel="nofollow">demanding</a> that Turkey submits a formal apology and withdraws its military forces from its territories.</p>
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<em><strong>Map courtesy: Google Maps</strong></em></p>
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While Turkey insists that Kurdish separatist groups, primarily active in a part of northern Iraq and southeastern Turkey, pose a threat to its national security, it denied any involvement in the Dohuk attacks.<br />
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Ankara on Wednesday also urged the Iraqi government officials not to make statements &quot;under the influence of the rhetoric and propaganda&quot;, stating that it is against all kinds of attacks targeting civilians.<br />
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&quot;Turkey carries out its fight against terrorism in accordance with international law, with utmost sensitivity to the protection of civilians, civilian infrastructure, historical and cultural property, and the environment,&quot; the country&#39;s foreign ministry said in a <a href="https://www.mfa.gov.tr/no_-231_-irak-in-dohuk-vilayeti-nde-gerceklestirilen-saldiri-hk.en.mfa" rel="nofollow">statement</a>.<br />
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Interestingly, during a bilateral meeting with the Iraqi PM in Jeddah over the weekend, US President Joe Biden commended &quot;the significant diplomatic efforts&quot; led by Al-Kadhimi to foster &quot;a more stable, prosperous, and interconnected&quot; region.</p>
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Calling the killing of civilians in Dohuk &quot;unacceptable&quot;, the US State Department spokesperson Ned Price <a href="https://www.state.gov/the-united-states-condemns-attack-in-the-dohuk-province-of-iraq/" rel="nofollow">said</a> on Wednesday that Washington maintains its &quot;strong support for Iraq&#39;s sovereignty and its security, stability, and prosperity, including that of the Iraqi Kurdistan Region&quot;.<br />
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On the other hand, as the geopolitical situation in the region continues to rapidly change, Turkey&#39;s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced on Tuesday that Ankara&#39;s fight against terrorist organisations &quot;will continue permanently&quot; without caring where they operate and who supports them.</p>
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<em><strong>Russian President Vladimir Putin with President of Iran Ebrahim Raisi and President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Tehran earlier this week (Image courtesy: Kremlin.ru)</strong></em></p>
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&quot;We see no difference between terrorist organisations such as DAESH or the PKK/PYD/YPG. We reject the rationale of using one as a proxy to fight the other,&quot; Erdogan <a href="https://www.tccb.gov.tr/en/news/542/138780/-our-fight-against-terrorist-organizations-will-continue-permanently-">said</a> following the 7th Tripartite Summit in the Astana Format in Tehran with Russian Vladimir Putin and Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi sitting by his side.</p>
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