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| Turkish army seeks OK to strike Kurds inside Iraq |
| 2007-04-13 |
| Turkey's military asked the government Thursday to approve attacks on Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq, signaling growing frustration over a lack of action against the guerrillas by Iraqi and U.S. forces. The military says up to 3,800 rebels are based just across the border in Iraq and that up to 2,300 operate inside Turkey. A recent surge in Kurdish attacks in southeastern Turkey has increased the pressure on Turkey's military to act. Gen. Yasar Buyukanit aid the military already has launched operations against separatists in Turkey's predominantly Kurdish southeastern region bordering Iraq. "Our aim is to prevent them from taking positions in the region with the coming of spring," he said, adding the rebels generally intensify attacks as melting snow opens the mountain passes. Recent clashes have killed 10 soldiers and 29 Kurdish guerrillas. Massoud Barzani, leader of the Kurdish autonomous region in Iraq, said recently that Iraqi Kurds would retaliate for any Turkish interference in northern Iraq by stirring up trouble in Turkey's southeast. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #4 Turkey can get stuffed. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2007-04-13 23:18 |
| #3 A little word first my Turkish friends. Remember the 4th Infantry division sitting off your coast? Remember its destination, Anbar province? Remember how we needed you to let us through to support the major flanking movement, and seal the retreats of the Baathist so they couldnt flee into Syria? Remember how the 4th ID cut thru to Ramadi, sealed central Iraq, beat down the baathist resistance and seized WMD's headed for the Bekka Valley - and because of that we were able to put the follow on brigades up north to pacify the PKK and help the Turkish troops that were part of the invasion - and were patrolling in Northern Iraq? Oh thats right, that last thing never happened. Which is why the tuskish force beling allowedinto Iraq will never happen. Set one foot across the border and we will deploy a ranger battalion there with orders to fix in place and call in JDAM strikes on *ANY* incursions from ANYONE into Iraq. You send troops over and we will ensure the Iraqis return them to you - in body bags... shipped the long way around to that port you denied us. And if you een look at us funny over this, I'm sure the Greeks would love to have some training and some F16C(block50's) delivered, wet, with ordnance, and a couple Perry frigates and an Aegis destroyer deployed within SAM range of you major air assets. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2007-04-13 21:53 |
| #2 You had your chance for cooperation in 2003 Johnny Turk. Heck, I would have given you all of the ottoman Empire back (minus Israel) if you'd have acted civilized. But now you can pound sand. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2007-04-13 14:12 |
| #1 I thought DEBKA already approved it. |
| Posted by: GK 2007-04-13 12:20 |