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2010-07-22 The Grand Turk

Kurd rebels blow up Iran-Turkey gas pipeline

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Posted by Steve White 2010-07-22 00:00|| || Front Page|| [9 views ] Top

#1 I know the PKK is supposed too be a terrorist org. But I think I klinda like them. What's the saying the enemy of my enemy is my friend?

Posted by chris 2010-07-22 01:19|| 2010-07-22 01:19|| Front Page Top

#2 The PKK has been responsible for thousands of civilian deaths over the past 4 decades; some were incidental to attacks on military targets but some were purely against civilian targets.

It is true that recent PKK killings have been mostly of Turkish military personnel. But pipeline sabotage goes back into the anti civilian territory.

Posted by lord garth 2010-07-22 08:20|| 2010-07-22 08:20|| Front Page Top

#3 Years before the Iraq war, it could be foreseen that eventually the Kurds were going to become a serious problem. Because even though divided mostly between Iraq, Iran, Turkey and Syria, they were a major pain to all four of those countries.

The key difference between them and other restive minorities was that the Kurds were smart enough to realize that they could never militarily force their way into having a Kurdistan. So instead they went for western schooling to figure out other ways to get and keep a nation for themselves.

This paid off in spades with the formation of Iraqi Kurdistan, so now the Kurds in Turkey, Syria and Iran are, albeit quietly, redoubling their efforts for at first autonomy, the then unification with Iraqi Kurdistan.

Posted by Anonymoose 2010-07-22 10:04|| 2010-07-22 10:04|| Front Page Top

#4 wonder how many Kurds have been killed by Iranian , Turkish AND Iraqi troops over the years? Also look at how well Kirkuk turned their city around very soon after the Iraqi war started. I think there should bee and independent Kurd state. They seem too wanna do better for themselves instead of taking handouts like the rest. Also hitting the pipeline hits the pocketbooks of the mullahs, so would hitting a power plant in Iraq or Iran be a civilian target too in a time of war?

Posted by chris 2010-07-22 10:07|| 2010-07-22 10:07|| Front Page Top

#5 Go Kurds!

Posted by Hellfish 2010-07-22 12:37|| 2010-07-22 12:37|| Front Page Top

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