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2007-04-12 Europe

Turkey Launches Offensives on Kurdish Rebels

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Posted by Steve 2007-04-12 10:29|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 I'm hopping George Jr. won't sell the Kurds out like his dada.

Posted by gromgoru 2007-04-12 14:37|| 2007-04-12 14:37|| Front Page Top

#2 It seems to me the PKK are acting like terrorists in Turkey. Why shouldn't Turkey take them out? And if the US or Iraq agree they are terrorists but can't do anything about it, why not let Turkey take care of the problem for them? Turkey isn't doing this for fun, but if it does get off its butt to do something, it is much more likely to employ the tactics it will take to kill terrorists and the willing shields they hide behind, just like they ought to.

Am I missing something?

Posted by gorb 2007-04-12 15:00|| 2007-04-12 15:00|| Front Page Top

#3 If memory serves, you are missing a nice nato missile defense, and 100K troops arriving late into iraq.

Turkey picked their side.

Posted by flash91 2007-04-12 16:32|| 2007-04-12 16:32|| Front Page Top

#4 But Iraq's government is barely able to control its own cities.

Ah, AP.

Posted by eLarson 2007-04-12 18:55|| http://larsonian.blogspot.com]">[http://larsonian.blogspot.com] 2007-04-12 18:55|| Front Page Top

#5 The PKK are a bunch of Marxist terrorists, but this isn't about the PKK. It's about the Turks being terrified of a Kurdish state on their southern border and doing whatever they can to destabilize that 'state'. The Turks are playing with fire.

Posted by phil_b 2007-04-12 22:18|| 2007-04-12 22:18|| Front Page Top

#6 If memory serves, you are missing a nice nato missile defense, and 100K troops arriving late into iraq.

Word, flash91.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2007-04-12 22:34|| 2007-04-12 22:34|| Front Page Top

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