April 13, 2007
Turkey Attacks Kurds, Prepares to Invade Iraq
The Associated Press's Selcan Hacaoglu is reporting that Turkish military forces have begun large-scale attacks on Kurdish rebels in southeastern Turkey and that Turkish military chief General Yasar Buyukanit has asked the government for authority to enter Iraq in force to fight Kurdish rebels there.
Juan Cole notes a Financial Times report on hightened tension between the Turkish military and Iraqi Kurds, but the FT report quotes Gen. Buyukanit as saying he hadn't yet requested authorization to invade.
The only argument for keeping a US military presence in Iraq that had any credibility at all was the claim that a US pullout would provoke a wider war. Well, the war is just about to get wider regardless.
Posted by abostick at April 13, 2007 07:06 PMThis could get intense. What amazes me is there is nothing at all in the major headlines on Yahoo news about this. How come every week who gets eliminated on American Idol is top news and this doesn't even make the top 5 headlines under the smaller world news section.
Posted by: Sabyl at April 13, 2007 09:37 PM
