Inside, wrapped in unlaundered T-shirts and dog-proof layers of plastic, was half a pound of Turkish hashish.

NEWYORKER: Hand on the Shoulder

As he spoke, Turkish warplanes continued to pound PKK bases inside Iraq.

ECONOMIST: Turkey and the Kurds

In the past year Turkish intelligence men and diplomats have held secret talks with Nechirvan Barzani, the Iraqi Kurdish region's prime minister, to get the PKK to call off its fight, even as Turkish aircraft continue, with America's blessing, to pound rebel strongholds near Iraq's mountain border with Iran.

ECONOMIST: Iraq's Kurds and Turkey