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Turkey warns it may strike Kurdish rebels inside Syria
2012-07-27
ISTANBUL — Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan accused Syria of letting Turkey’s Kurdish rebels operate inside the north of the country and warned that Ankara would not hesitate to strike against them.

“In the north, it (President Bashar Al Assad’s government) has allotted five provinces to the Kurds, to the terrorist organisation,” Erdogan said on Turkish television late on Wednesday, referring to the Kurdistan Worker’s Party (PKK).
The Syrian Kurds have been playing a dangerous game. Sometimes they fight Pencilneck and his goons, sometimes they take what he'll give them and fight the Turks. One of these days they're going to be the jelly in the sandwich...
He said the move was explicitly aimed against Turkey and warned that “there will undoubtedly be a response on our part to this attitude”.

Asked if Ankara would strike fleeing rebels after an attack on Turkish soil, Erdogan said: “That’s not even a matter of discussion, it is a given. That is the objective, that is what must be done.”

“That is what we have been doing and will continue to do in Iraq,” he said during a programme aired on Kanal 24.
Posted by:Steve White

#4  OTOH WAFF > [Hurriyet News] A MEGA KURDISH STATE BEING CREATED, from parts of Syria, etc. as Assad seemingly chooses to prioritize defense of Self, Family-Regime, + Damascus power base over rest of country???

Arise, Saladin, arise ....

and

* TOPIX, FREEREPUBLIC > AL-QAEDA/AL-QAEDA IN IRAQ THREATEN ATTACKS ON US TARGETS.

* DEFENCE.PK/FORUMS > AL-QAIDA EYES ISLAMIC STATE IN SYRIA AND IRAQ TO FIGHT [attack?] TURKEY AND iSRAEL.

* RENSE > [Activist Post] US TREASURY: AL-QAEDA RUNS SYRIAN "REBELLION" [Rebels], under the operat guise of "Al-Nusra Front for the People of the Levant" organization.

> solicitations for $$$ donations.
> uses various types of covert Intermediaries, legit or illegit e.g. traffickers, to funnel in Foreign Fighters to fight Baby Assad from all over the Middle East or Muslim World.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2012-07-27 23:26  

#3  The Turks are obviously having so much success fighting Kurd rebels in Turkey that they've decided to branch out to fight Kurd rebels in Syria, as well. Maybe they should think about franchising the operation.
Posted by: Zhang Fei   2012-07-27 21:45  

#2  Iraq : Iraq : Turkey : Won't For Fear Rumour : Taking Side : ASSAD : Turkey In Doghouse : In'tl/ Community : CRAWFORD
Posted by: 8939   2012-07-27 19:20  

#1  exactly what PencilNeck wanted when he invited the PKK in.
Erdogan is following Syria and Iran's plans for him.
Posted by: Water Modem   2012-07-27 01:59  

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