Oh Boy... Here We Go Again... Turkey Shells Iraq Border Areas Amid Incursion Talk

[WillyT]

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ARBIL, Iraq (AFP) — Turkish troops Sunday sent shells crashing across the Iraqi border into several villages in the autonomous Kurdish region, officials said, as Ankara prepared to ask MPs to approve a ground incursion.

Residents of a village near the northern Iraq border town of Zakhu fled after shells slammed into their homes and farms during a day-long bombardment that caused major damage but no casualties, Kurdistan regional government spokesman Jamal Abdullah told AFP.

"From this morning until early evening there was a Turkish attack on villagers near Zakhu," Abdullah said. "There were no casualties but lots of damage and many families fled to safer areas."

An army officer had earlier told AFP on condition of anonymity that cross-border shelling in a number of areas began Saturday around 10:00 pm (1900 GMT) and carried on sporadically into Sunday. Most of the shells landed in open land, he added.

A witness said the shells hit around villages in the Al-Amadiyah area about 15 kilometres (nine miles) from the frontier and 50 kilometres northeast of the town of Dohuk.

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday that he was ready to brave international censure should his country decide to deal ruthlessly with Kurdish rebel bases in Iraq.

A government bill seeking the go-ahead to launch an incursion any time in the next year is expected to be submitted to parliament after a cabinet meeting on Monday.

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Link: http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5h5nv5iE6rzZQvJbbf_mOPcTGwx7Q

Crap...

[peacebird]

1. how special.....

lovely... glad to hear that the geniuses at WaPo declared the civil war in Iraq essentially over today or we might have real problems...
:sarcasm:

[SergeyDovlatov]

2. Turkey was fighting Kurdish separatists for years

That is why they are very leary of talks about three state Iraq partitioning.
They don't want a Kurdish state on their border.

[WillyT]

3. True... But If The Turks Invade, Who Do WE Side With ???

We are in Iraq to secure it, correct. Are we just gonna let the Turks roll their tanks in?

:shrug:

[SergeyDovlatov]

4. Are you asking my prediction or moral judgement?

Prediction: I think we will let them roll their tanks since Turks are an important ally and a part of the logistic chain bringing supplies to Iraq.

Moral justification:

I am at loss with a morality of separatist movements.

Is it OK for Chechnya to become independent from Russia?
Is it OK for the South to secede from US?
Is it OK for SE turkey to secede from Turkey and join the Kurdish state?

[MzNov]

7. and what exactly do the Turks want out of this confrontation?

:shrug:





can't spell today

[bdamomma]

11. hey ms november!!

I think the Turks were itching to invade with or without the Armenian genocide coming up, plus they could probably want the oil in that area for themselves.

[seemslikeadream]

5. Hurry up Nancy get that Armenian Genocide on the table

[WillyT]

6. Yep... She's Gotta Really Fucked Up Table, Hasn't She ???

:shrug:

[MzNov]

8. Her knives are on the wrong side !!!

:rofl:

[WillyT]

9. LOL !!! - What WOULD Emily Post Say ???

:hi:

[MzNov]

10. Nancy, you flunked table setting.

:hi: :pals: