2008 Turkish incursion into northern Iraq day of the operation, Turkish President Abdullah Gül made a telephone call to Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, himself a Kurd, to brief him on the details of the incursion. He also invited Talabani to come to Turkey. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said he called Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki on the night the ground operation began, and later U.S. President George W. Bush. The United States was guarded in its response to the incursion, requesting that Turkey take care to only target the PKK, to "limit the scope and duration of their operations," and to work with Iraqi
B. G. L. Swamy of his books cover plants used in everyday life in a scientific manner — such as "Namma hotteyalli Dakshina amerika" ("South America in our stomach"). Other works by Swamy pertain to literature, and some are partially autobiographical, dealing with his experiences as professor and principal. Apart from being an acclaimed botanist, B G L Swamy was widely respected in the history and literary circles. He extensively studied and researched the histories and literatures of the Kannada and Tamil languages. His book "Tamilu Talegala Naduve" ("Among Tamil heads") is devoted to examining theories pertaining to language's origins (examining the claims that