LOGO: Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines. A Progressive Journal of News and Opinion. Editor, Robert Scheer. Publisher, Zuade Kaufman.Best Political Blog Winner, 2007 Webby Awards, People's Voice and Jury.   The Pornography of Power  By Robert Scheer
 
October 7, 2008
Log in / Register

 Choose a size
Text Size

Most Read

Dennis Kucinich on the Democrats’ Bailout Betrayal

Palin Gets De-Witched

‘SNL’ Spoofs the VP Debate

McCain Sticks With Terrorist Claim Despite Media Criticism

Palin Goes On the Attack

Most Comments
Most Emailed

Reports
 * NEW! * Weapons of Mass Distraction

Ear to the Ground

A/V Booth

Arts & Culture

Digs
Vetting Sarah Palin

Truthdig Bazaar
Myra Breckinridge Cookbook book cover

Myra Breckinridge Cookbook

by Howard Austen and Beverly Pepper
Fine, Collector's Copy (Paperback) $100

more items

 
Ear to the Ground

Turkish Forces Enter Iraq

Email this item Email    Print this item Print   
Posted on Jun 6, 2007

Although Turkey’s foreign minister, Abdullah Gul, is denying the report, other government insiders anonymously confirmed that several thousand Turkish troops crossed into northern Iraq on Wednesday to target Kurdish groups that have been attacking Turkey from Iraq, according to the Associated Press.


AP via Breitbart.com:

One official said the troops went less than two miles inside Iraq and were still there in late afternoon. “It is a hot pursuit, not an incursion,” one official said.

Another official said by telephone it was “not a major offensive and the number of troops is not in the tens of thousands.” He also said the Turkish troops went into a remote, mountainous area.

The officials are based in southeast Turkey, where the military has been battling separatist Kurdish rebels since they took up arms in 1984.

Read more

Email Newsletter

Get truth delivered to your inbox every week.

Previous item: Mass Grave Discovered in Ukraine

Next item: G-8 Nations Agree on Climate Strategy

Jump to Comments

Advertisement


Elsewhere: .

Comments

Are you a Truthdig member yet? Login now, or register with Truthdig.

By Freedomfinder, June 7, 2007 at 9:02 pm #

Both Turkey and Iran belong to the D8 so they can not get involved in Bush’s war...all they(Turkey)can do is defend themselves against the Kurdish seperatists.
We are marching into Iran of course after we disable some key areas,which are being marked systematically by some intrepid agents...but this is some tin foil hat logic.

Report this

By THOMAS BILLIS, June 7, 2007 at 10:56 am #
(Unregistered commenter)

The moron in chief is at it again.First trying with all his might to restart the cold war and now war with Turkey.Someone earlier said unintended consequences.If you did not know that the Turks will not put up with an independent Kurd satate on their border you are living on Mars.Everything that happens in this horrible war for the moron in chief is an unintended consequence because this moron does not what his intentions are.If Hail Mary was a foreign policy this guy would be some success.

Report this

By lawlessone, June 7, 2007 at 10:33 am #
(Unregistered commenter)

Since Iraq is now our “ally,” do we go to war with invading Turkey for invading the Kurdish province of Iraq?

On the other hand, Bush had offered Turkey $30 Billion dollars back in 2003 if they would just join his “coalition of the willing” he was assembling to invade Iraq.  Perhaps the Turks were just slow getting moving.

[more irreverence at resistence-is-possible.blogspot.com]

Report this

By Enemy of State, June 6, 2007 at 9:28 pm #

I think attributing this to a Bushite plan is unrealistic. This is more along the lines of an unintended consequence ignored. There was a lot of ignoring of basically any possible negative consequences of OIF (Operation Iraqi Freedom for the uninitiated) going around. They didn’t allow anything that might detract from the case for war to be discussed.

Hopefully, this is as they say, “just an incursion”. Until now the Iraqi Kurds have been discounting the possibility of Turkish intervention. Maybe now they will be more careful in this regards.

Report this

By cyrena, June 6, 2007 at 8:21 pm #

This is the “spillover” that was intended all along. We’ve known for a few years now, that it couldn’t go any other way.

Once they began the bon fire in Iraq, and continued to pour the fuel, it was obvious that it was going to spread. That’s what fire does.

Report this

By QuyTran, June 6, 2007 at 5:47 pm #

A new invasion front created by Bush’s servant in
Turkey !

Report this

Add Your Comment

Posts by unregistered readers are moderated. Posts by members
are published immediately. Why wait? Register today!






Notify you when others comment on this article?


Are you a human?
Retype the word you see here.


Please read and abide by our comment policy.
By submitting this comment, you agree to this site's terms and conditions.

Newsletter

Get Truthdig in your inbox

Privacy Policy

 
Click here to advertise with Truthdig
 

 
Join the Liberal Blog Advertising Network
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

A Progressive Journal of News and Opinion. Editor, Robert Scheer. Publisher, Zuade Kaufman.
Copyright © 2008 Truthdig, L.L.C. All rights reserved.