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| Turkey Launches Attacks On Kurdish Bases In Iraq |
| 2005-05-19 |
| Turkey's military has launched strikes on Kurdish insurgency bases in northern Iraq. After two years of threats, Ankara has sent ground forces, attack helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft to Kandil mountain strongholds of the Kurdish Workers Party. The government of Prime Minister Recep Erdogan has not reported the attacks. But Kurdish sources in southeastern Turkey said Ankara began attacks in late April against PKK strongholds with F-16 multi-role fighters, AH-1G attack helicopters and M-60 main battle tanks. The Turkish military said in a statement this week that PKK insurgents were infiltrating Turkey from Iraq in increasing numbers. The military said the insurgents were bringing large amounts of explosives into Turkey. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #11 So stealthy a private news service out of Montreal is covering it? |
| Posted by: Tom 2005-05-19 15:42 |
| #10 I have yet to find any reference to this. I guess this is an operation by Turkey's Special Stealth Attack Squadron. It's so stealthy, it's as if they weren't there. |
| Posted by: ed 2005-05-19 09:33 |
| #9 Until 2003, I would have supported the Turks (or just about anyone else) in doing anything necessary to put down communists. Now, I'm in more of a "a pox on both your houses" mood. |
| Posted by: Jackal 2005-05-19 09:21 |
| #8 and 'commies'? how does that relate to carrying out attacks? The anonymous coward latched onto that word and started frothing. Probably because it just can't stand to see anyone saying bad things about commies. If it had applied a little more reading skill -- probably beyond its capabilities, but let's imagine -- it might have noticed SPoD saying the TARGETS of the attack were commies. |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2005-05-19 09:10 |
| #7 I can see you're jealous of those adjectives being applied to the Turks, SO. Don't worry, there's plenty to go around and you definitely qualify for a share of the glory. Your commentary is juvenile, scatter-brained, factually fucked, and moronic. Poor tool. Stupid fool. Back to your DU hovel, sonny. HAND. / FOAD. |
| Posted by: .com 2005-05-19 04:11 |
| #6 Morons? Bluff and bluster? The Turkish military is not the first to come to mind. They would last 15 minutes if contested with anyone. ... and 'commies'? how does that relate to carrying out attacks? granted Turkish communists are completely ridiculous.. anyway, if we had any spare time, which we don't, we wouldn't be stopping them, we'd be helping them.. they've asked us to take care of the situation but we're too busy down south misallocating taxpayer money, shooting at journalists and recruiting blown-up Iraqi police.. |
| Posted by: Slaiting Omaiper2825 2005-05-19 02:41 |
| #5 PPK are commies. Just because they are Kurds doesn't give them a free pass with me. They have and do carry out attacks in Turkey. |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet 0’ Doom 2005-05-19 02:02 |
| #4 If Turkey is entering Iraqi airspace, it's with Iraqi / Coalition approval. They're true morons, but bluff and bluster are one thing, acts of war another - and they would not last 15 minutes if contested. |
| Posted by: .com 2005-05-19 01:01 |
| #3 This is a Turkish source and the mountains are on the border. If the Turks are attacking into Iraq I doubt its very far. The area is remote and the mountains high. It doesn't look like tank country on the map. |
| Posted by: phil_b 2005-05-19 00:49 |
| #2 Murat? |
| Posted by: Rex Mundi 2005-05-19 00:48 |
| #1 So are we stopping them? |
| Posted by: 3dc 2005-05-19 00:15 |