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
G. L. Crockett G. L. Crockett George L. Crockett (September 18, 1928 - February 15, 1967), also known as G. Davy Crockett, was an American rhythm and blues singer whose best known records were "Look Out Mabel" in 1957 and "It's A Man Down There", an R&B hit in 1965. He was born in Carrollton, Mississippi. Little is known of his life, but by the mid-1950s he was living in Chicago where he performed with Freddie King and Magic Sam. He made his first recording, "Look Out Mabel", on which he was credited as G. Davy Crockett to cash in on the Davy