The Turkish army's actions in Northern Iraq obviously didn't bring the anticipated results. The negative reaction from the part of the USA followed it immediately. In fact, the Secretary of Defense Robert Gates demanded that the Turkish troops are withdrawn from the regions of Northern Iraq. The Turkish Joint Staff had to justify itself mentioning that "the blood of a
Turkish soldier is more valuable than the military operation." It is clear, that the Kurdistan Workers Party is a trouble not for Turkey and Iraq only, but also for Kurdistan itself. In any case, this is what the Prime Minister of Kurdistan Nechirvan Barzani attempts to show.