Eyes are on Iraq, the Mosul operation is on the agenda. Is it going to happen or not? If it is going to happen, who will be participating? Are the Shiite militias or the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in the U.S.'s operation plan? What will be Turkey's attitude? How will the Ankara-Baghdad ties that have become intense once more due to a second Bashiqa crisis affect the development process of the operation? The answer we have been discussing since last week and seeking within the context of this and similar questions is actually whether the U.S. and Turkey can reach an agreement on Iraq. With the failure of the July 15 coup attempt and Turkey launching Operation Euphrates Shield immediately after it seems, for now, Baghdad is the puppet administration left in the U.S.'s hands and this time it is trying to push Turkey through the Iraqi Central Government.