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2005-05-19 Iraq-Jordan

Turkey Launches Attacks On Kurdish Bases In Iraq

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Posted by Fred 2005-05-19 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 So are we stopping them?

Posted by 3dc 2005-05-19 00:15|| 2005-05-19 00:15|| Front Page Top

#2 Murat?

Posted by Rex Mundi 2005-05-19 00:48|| 2005-05-19 00:48|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2005-05-19 00:49|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2005-05-19 01:01|| Front Page Top

#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 0â Doom 2005-05-19 02:02|| 2005-05-19 02:02|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2005-05-19 02:41|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2005-05-19 04:11|| Front Page Top

#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">Robert Crawford 2005-05-19 09:10|| http://www.kloognome.com/]">[http://www.kloognome.com/] 2005-05-19 09:10|| Front Page Top

#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">Jackal 2005-05-19 09:21|| home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html]">[home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html] 2005-05-19 09:21|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2005-05-19 09:33|| Front Page Top

#11 So stealthy a private news service out of Montreal is covering it?

Posted by Tom 2005-05-19 15:42|| 2005-05-19 15:42|| Front Page Top

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