Ahmed Ali, an Iraq analyst at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, says Erdogan's visit indicates the Turkish government is positioned to play a big role in Iraq as the United States prepares to withdraw forces by the end of 2011.
Ahmed Ali, irački analitičar na vašingtonskom Institutu za bliskoistočnu politiku, kaže da Erdoganova poseta nagoveštava da je turska vlada pozicionirana da igra veliku ulogu u Iraku, dok se Sjedinjene Države pripremaju da povuku snage do kraja 2011. godine.