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KevO
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 Posted: Fri Feb 22, 2008 4:14 am Post subject: BREAKING: 10,000 Turkish troops invade Iraq |
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watch that Oil price - $120 anyone?
| Quote: | Turkish forces have crossed into Iraq to launch an operation against Kurdish rebels said to be sheltering there, the Turkish military says.
The Turkish army, which has thousands of soldiers on the border, said troops had entered the north on Thursday evening and were pursuing rebels.
It promised the force would "return home in the shortest time possible after its goals have been achieved".
An air and artillery campaign preceded the land operation, the military added.
An unconfirmed report by Turkish TV channel NTV says 10,000 soldiers have crossed the border, Reuters news agency reports. |
more at
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7258323.stm
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grink1tt3n
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| Posted: Fri Feb 22, 2008 4:45 am Post subject: Re: BREAKING: 10,000 Turkish troops invade Iraq |
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dorlomin
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| Posted: Fri Feb 22, 2008 4:45 am Post subject: Re: BREAKING: 10,000 Turkish troops invade Iraq |
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They have been doing this for years, but this looks like quite an impressive raid in force.
Sad news but inevitable. The US gives the Kurds money and training to raid Iran, then they use those resources to aid the PKK and the US is caught between its only friend in Iraq and one of its only friends on mainland Europe. |
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JFT
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| Posted: Fri Feb 22, 2008 5:28 am Post subject: Re: BREAKING: 10,000 Turkish troops invade Iraq |
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| Hi, fist post. it's difficult not to relate this to kosovo's independance declaration. Probably this is all a little "behave" signal from the turks. |
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anarky321
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| Posted: Fri Feb 22, 2008 1:06 pm Post subject: Re: BREAKING: 10,000 Turkish troops invade Iraq |
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this was already priced into the market, most people knew it was coming sooner or later,
what im saying is this wont boost oil futures |
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Zardoz
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| Posted: Fri Feb 22, 2008 3:36 pm Post subject: Re: BREAKING: 10,000 Turkish troops invade Iraq |
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What in the world is up with these Turkish troops?
How much are those poor guys carrying? I assume they won't be trying any combat with those loads. Let's hope not, anyway.
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BigTex
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| Posted: Fri Feb 22, 2008 3:51 pm Post subject: Re: BREAKING: 10,000 Turkish troops invade Iraq |
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I hope Turkey doesn't use WMDs on the Kurds.
If Turkey is a member of NATO, does that mean that the U.S. is obligated to help them in their struggle against the Kurds?
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Micki
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| Posted: Fri Feb 22, 2008 7:54 pm Post subject: Re: BREAKING: 10,000 Turkish troops invade Iraq |
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NATO is not obliged to help the turks as they are the invading force.
US however didn't get much help from the kurds and Turkey is a US friendly nation but getting involved would give little gain, so I think they will choose to just sit on the sidelines in this conflict.
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dorlomin
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| Posted: Fri Feb 22, 2008 8:00 pm Post subject: Re: BREAKING: 10,000 Turkish troops invade Iraq |
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| Micki wrote: | NATO is not obliged to help the turks as they are the invading force.
US however didn't get much help from the kurds and Turkey is a US friendly nation but getting involved would give little gain, so I think they will choose to just sit on the sidelines in this conflict. |
Turkey was attacked first by the PPK, and the US establishes the principle of invoking the NATO charter after an attack by non state actors in the aftermath of 9/11 so it is theoretically possible for the Kurds to invoke the NATO charter against the PKK.
Erdogan is not fool enough to do so though. |
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eastbay
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| Posted: Fri Feb 22, 2008 9:51 pm Post subject: Re: BREAKING: 10,000 Turkish troops invade Iraq |
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Zardoz,
Look really closely. They're carrying white goats. That way they can have have fresh food along the way to the magical Kurdlandia.
I heard from a very reliable source that deep pocket oil traders paid Turkey to invade Iraq thereby raising the price of oil earning them a quick few hundred million.
(joke)
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dorlomin
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| Posted: Sat Feb 23, 2008 8:11 am Post subject: Re: BREAKING: 10,000 Turkish troops invade Iraq |
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| eastbay wrote: | Zardoz,
Look really closely. They're carrying white goats. That way they can have have fresh food along the way to the magical Kurdlandia.
I heard from a very reliable source that deep pocket oil traders paid Turkey to invade Iraq thereby raising the price of oil earning them a quick few hundred million.
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Turkey feels very miffed by how Kurdistan was divvied up post WWI and thinks Mosul and Kirkuik should have been in Turkey not Iraq. |
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