'Dozens dead' in Turkish assault

(BBC) "Turkey's army says its ground offensive in northern Iraq has left five soldiers and dozens of Kurdish rebels dead....

Senior Iraqi Kurdish sources told the BBC the Turkish side had exaggerated the operation, which they believe to be "very, very limited", and in a remote border area."

(AP) "Turkey gave the United States and Iraqi authorities advance notice of its incursion....(White House spokesman) Scott Stanzel stopped short of saying the United States played any role in coordinating details of the incursion."

And, A very good NYTimes article on Basra.