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Turkey OKs Attacks on Kurds in IraqPosted on Oct 17, 2007
The Turkish parliament has authorized military incursions into Iraq in order to track down rebels who, the Turkish government has long claimed, use Iraqi Kurdistan as sanctuary.
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By great_satan, October 19, 2007 at 2:09 am #
The timing of the Congressional condemnation is a little awkward, and I do think its a way of telling the Turks we don’t want them slaughtering a bunch of Kurds...condemning their upcoming actions before they commit them.
Report thisI reeeaaallly don’t think that the Congressional condemnation is the cause, but a response.
Furthermore, the condemnation is upon the Ottoman’s if I’m not mistaken. Right? So, why would modern Turks get so upset, any more than the Germans would be upset over the condemnation of the Nazis.
By Verne Arnold, October 18, 2007 at 2:40 am #
As Mr. Fish so aptly said in his cartoon; Bush and Ahmadinejad are apparently birds of a feather...both holocaust deniers. One (recently) refuses to use the word genocide when discussing 1.5 million Armenians killed. Guess who? Isnt it amazing how we, Americans, use and manipulate the facts depending on which way the political wind blows? If one ever needed clearer evidence of the duplicity of these fascistic monsters in charge of our government, I have no idea what it could be .this is straight out of the mouth of the Monster in Chief.
Report thisBy thomas billis, October 17, 2007 at 5:09 pm #
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If the Turks think they have a shot at the northern Iraqi oil fields they will attack if they do not they will not.Oil oil oil oil is driving this and the mainstream media is ignoring it.It is the 800 lb gorilla in the room that even Alan Greenspan acknowledged.
Report thisBy voice of truth, October 17, 2007 at 1:56 pm #
I find it ridiculously irresponsible that the Dems in Congress, since they do not have the will or balls to confront the war head-on, are trying a back door that will do nothing but put our troops in more danger. The only reason that Turkey is talking about this is because of Nancy Pelagic’s bill that complains about something that happened 100 years ago, 8,000 miles away.
Look, I don’t care if you support the war or not, but don’t screw the troops because you have no backbone or political will.
Report thisBy PatrickHenry, October 17, 2007 at 1:39 pm #
Let them go. Let the Arab league take over the occupation and policing of one of their own.
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