Turkey 'to hit rebels in in Iraq' - CNN.com

News Type: Event — Seeded on Tue Oct 9, 2007 1:56 PM EDT

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Turkey said Tuesday it had begun preparations for a military operation into Iraq to chase separatist Kurdish rebels who have launched deadly attacks on soldiers in recent days.

Private NTV and CNN-Turk news channels reported that the government has decided to seek parliamentary authorization to launch a possible cross-border military operation in Iraq to pursue the rebels there. It was not clear when the government would seek the authorization.

A statement released after a meeting of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and security officials did not say that such an operation would definitely occur. Turkey has said it would prefer that the United States and its Iraqi Kurd allies in northern Iraq crack down on the Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK.

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Dennis P. McCann

Turkey has said it would prefer that the United States and its Iraqi Kurd allies in northern Iraq crack down on the Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK.

Which isn't likely to happen...

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#1 - Tue Oct 9, 2007 1:57 PM EDT

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Brenda Mayer

Doesn't that September counterterrorism agreement between Turkey and Iraq allow for Turkish defense? It doesn't seem right that Turkey should be expected to just sit there and be attacked. Everyone talking about being "very concerned" doesn't seem to quite cut it.

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#2 - Tue Oct 9, 2007 3:43 PM EDT

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Dennis P. McCann

Tell that to Washington.

They're the ones who have been pressuring Turkey to stay on their side of the border. They keep promising to help, and keep failing to keep that promise.

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#2.1 - Tue Oct 9, 2007 3:49 PM EDT

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I SPY

Well Turkey will just have to make good on the threat to stop the US from using its bases for ops in Iraq. Then they will be free to act.

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#2.2 - Wed Oct 10, 2007 3:45 PM EDT

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