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2007-10-23 Iraq

Iraqi President Talabani Criticizes Assad for Supporting Turkish Military Action

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Posted by anonymous5089 2007-10-23 12:19|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 I think Talabani is getting a clue.

Posted by OldSpook 2007-10-23 12:56|| 2007-10-23 12:56|| Front Page Top

#2 FYI the quete referred to in the post was by no other than the Turkish PM, it was his criticism of the previous government meddlign in Iraq, along the lines of...

Why should we worry so much about the 500 PKK members in the Kandil Mountains [in Iriqi Kurdistan] instead of the 5000 of them in eastern Turkey?

Interesitn gthat guy is now thePM and is looking at Iraq. Its NOT the PKK, its the independant and prosperous Kurds that worry the Tusk. They want to stiop that, and in the process seize the oil in Kirkuk if they can.

This isnt about the PKK, its abotu Turkish greed and racism and fear, and the bill for their repression of Kurds inside Turkey finally coming due.

Posted by OldSpook 2007-10-23 13:01|| 2007-10-23 13:01|| Front Page Top

#3 Iraqi President Talabani Criticizes Assad for Supporting Turkish Military Action

Doesn't really count for a lot since so much of Iraq's government is in bed with Iran and assisting Tehran's meddling. Yes, Assad is a rectal cavity, but it is the Arab propensity for intrigue and treachery that is more pertinent in this situation. These f&cksticks just cannot rise above petty rivalries in order to attain far more important goals. Much like the old Cold War analogy of two idiots in a powder magazine arguing over who has the most matches.

Why should we worry so much about the 500 PKK members in the Kandil Mountains [in Iraqi Kurdistan] instead of the 5000 of them in eastern Turkey?

I'd wager it is because Turkey can, as usual, violently oppress their own Kurdish population but is increasingly vulnerable to an armed and free Kurdish state on their Eastern border.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2007-10-23 13:49|| 2007-10-23 13:49|| Front Page Top

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