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| Iraq |
| Turkey threatens to send troops into Iraq |
| 2007-10-09 |
| TURKEY will step up measures to end the safe haven that separatist Kurdish rebels enjoy in northern Iraq, including a cross-border operation "if necessary". "The Government has given orders and instructions to the competent authorities to take all legal, economic and political measures, including a cross-border operation if necessary, to end the presence of the terrorist organisation in a neighbouring country," a statement said. The statement was implicitly referring to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and Iraq, respectively. It was issued after Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan met senior government and military officials to discuss tougher action against the PKK, listed as a terrorist group by Ankara and much of the international community, after the rebels killed 15 soldiers in weekend attacks. |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #7 Similar article also in DEBKA, where RBurgers can also read about US plans to build a new air base in Lebanon close to Syrian border. *KOMMERSANT > SEPARATISM WILL NOT HELP THE MIDDLE EAST. To be successful in Empire = Nation(s)-reading like the Brits, the USA must be a Colonial Empire for 200-plus years like Britain. Other factors. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2007-10-09 22:58 |
| #6 Nothin like someone hairin up the butter. Now that's a keeper! |
| Posted by: Zenster 2007-10-09 18:41 |
| #5 US Military personnel were seen trembling on fear and dread of the vaunted Turkish military. |
| Posted by: mcsegeek1 2007-10-09 17:57 |
| #4 Nothin like someone hairin up the butter. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2007-10-09 17:13 |
| #3 Turkey can get stuffed. It's an American holiday tradition. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2007-10-09 13:50 |
| #2 Someone should email a map of Turkey that shows the Kurdish regions and Constantinople areas removed. "You really want to side with Iran because we don't think it's really in Turkish best interests." |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2007-10-09 13:19 |
| #1 Not good. Not good at all. |
| Posted by: RWV 2007-10-09 11:14 |