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300 TURKISH TROOPS ENTER NORTHERN IRAQ OVERNIGHT -SENIOR IRAQI MILITARY SOURCE
Reuters ^ | December 18, 2007

Posted on 12/17/2007 11:46:27 PM PST by HAL9000

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1 posted on 12/17/2007 11:46:30 PM PST by HAL9000
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Reuters - TURKISH TROOPS MOVE 2-3 KM INTO IRAQ, LIGHTLY ARMED, NO CLASHES


2 posted on 12/17/2007 11:47:48 PM PST by HAL9000 (Fred Thompson/Mike Huckabee 2008)
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AP News Alert - KIRKUK, Iraq (AP) - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice makes unannounced visit to Kirkuk, the city that Iraq’s Kurds call their Jerusalem.


3 posted on 12/17/2007 11:48:48 PM PST by HAL9000 (Fred Thompson/Mike Huckabee 2008)
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To: HAL9000

Yikes! This isn’t good.


4 posted on 12/17/2007 11:51:55 PM PST by Lobbyist (I want my American dream!!!!)
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To: HAL9000

It looks like Turkey will get served this Christmas.


5 posted on 12/17/2007 11:55:41 PM PST by counterpunch (Get Up And Go Fred Go Already!)
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But they're our 'allies'. They want to kill them so it's okay...
6 posted on 12/17/2007 11:59:39 PM PST by kinoxi
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To: kinoxi

Maybe put a sarcasm tag on that one.


7 posted on 12/18/2007 12:00:29 AM PST by kinoxi
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NTV - Turkish strike in Iraq within rights to self defence says US
8 posted on 12/18/2007 12:05:16 AM PST by HAL9000 (Fred Thompson/Mike Huckabee 2008)
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To: kinoxi

“Maybe put a sarcasm tag on that one.”

Why? Seemed reasonable enough.


9 posted on 12/18/2007 12:13:50 AM PST by UKTory
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U.S. Helps Turkey Hit Rebel Kurds In Iraq


10 posted on 12/18/2007 12:14:06 AM PST by familyop
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To: familyop

Thank you.


11 posted on 12/18/2007 12:33:03 AM PST by DoughtyOne (California, where the death penalty is reserved for wholesome values. SB 777)
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To: HAL9000

OK... Now I’m sufficiently confused. Are these Kurds that are being targeted hostiles? Are they siding with Al Qaeda — hence the term separatists. Or are these the same Kurds that simply wished to develop their own country? Have these people proved to have been dangerous, and/or perpetrating attacks in Turkey?

Perhaps someone would be so kind as to fill me in as I’m obviously not as educated on this particular issue as I thought... Thanks in advance for any links, etc... so that I can increase my understanding.


12 posted on 12/18/2007 12:33:57 AM PST by LibertyRocks ( I'm a redhead & a FRedhead! LOL)
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PS —
I’m reading over the articles linked in this thread thus far now... Maybe after doing so this will become more clear to me.


13 posted on 12/18/2007 12:35:16 AM PST by LibertyRocks ( I'm a redhead & a FRedhead! LOL)
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To: familyop

Thank you for the link to the Washington Post article. It contained a LOT more information than the Reuters article, and helped me remember some stuff I had apparently forgotten.

I don’t however understand how this is possibly going to help the U.S. in the long-run to quell the political unrest in Iraq. If anything I think this will make our job that much harder...


14 posted on 12/18/2007 12:43:37 AM PST by LibertyRocks ( I'm a redhead & a FRedhead! LOL)
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To: HAL9000

Backing up US troops or joining the “insurgency” invasion?

The bombing of Turkey starts at 0700 hours...


15 posted on 12/18/2007 12:46:35 AM PST by weegee (If Bill Clinton can sit in on Hillary's Cabinet Meetings then GWBush should ask to get to sit in too)
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To: HAL9000

Where did Condi hang the “no jews welcome” sign?


16 posted on 12/18/2007 12:47:21 AM PST by weegee (If Bill Clinton can sit in on Hillary's Cabinet Meetings then GWBush should ask to get to sit in too)
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“The bombing of Turkey starts at 0700 hours...”

Err, no it doesn’t.


17 posted on 12/18/2007 12:48:01 AM PST by UKTory
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When redacted articles are going to be published to FR, can people please include ANY details as to WHO, WHAT, WHEN, WHERE, and

WHY?

18 posted on 12/18/2007 12:49:27 AM PST by weegee (If Bill Clinton can sit in on Hillary's Cabinet Meetings then GWBush should ask to get to sit in too)
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To: UKTory

Obviously the sarcasm tag was implied but what are the specifics?

Friend or foe border crossings?

The Mexican army crossings into the US certainly are no friends and much of the “insurgency” is of foreign origin.


19 posted on 12/18/2007 12:51:15 AM PST by weegee (If Bill Clinton can sit in on Hillary's Cabinet Meetings then GWBush should ask to get to sit in too)
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To: LibertyRocks

“Are these Kurds that are being targeted hostiles?”

They’re are a Communist terrorist group that has been conducting operations against Turkey since the 1970s.

“Have these people proved to have been dangerous, and/or perpetrating attacks in Turkey?”

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6537751.stm

http://usinfo.state.gov/xarchives/display.html?p=washfile-english&y=2006&m=August&x=20060815162716MVyelwarC0.9579126

““Since August 15, 1984, PKK violence has accounted for the deaths of more than 30,000 Turkish security forces and civilians,” State Department spokesman Sean McCormack said in a statement August 14.

The U.S. government is “calling upon the PKK to cease its terrorist acts and lay down its arms,” McCormack said.”


20 posted on 12/18/2007 12:53:26 AM PST by UKTory
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