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Turkey invades Northern Iraq

Brent Herbert | 21.03.2003 23:42

Defying the united States, Turkey invades Northern Iraq to go after the Kurds. Unbelievable...

 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/2874635.stm
Turkey to send troops to Iraq

Turkey has said it will send troops into northern Iraq, despite opposition from the US.

The BBC correspondent in Turkey says there are reports that Turkish troops will cross the border within a few hours.

Turkey already has several thousand troops a small distance into Iraq, but Iraqi Kurds oppose their presence, saying they threaten Iraq's territorial integrity.

Turkey wants to prevent the Kurds from forming a separate state.

US Secretary of State Colin Powell had said: "At the moment we do not see any need for any Turkish incursions into northern Iraq."


Amazing. Will the U.S. go to war with Turkey? I have been watching the BBC and there is talk about Turkey 'annexing' Northern Iraq. Takes nerve for Turkey to do this in the face of the American Military. Unbelievable development. You do have to feel sorry for the Kurds.

I guess this answers the question I asked a few days ago. Who is going to crush the Kurds of Iraq?
 http://www.awitness.org/journal/opress_kurds_iraq.html

Brent Herbert

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Kurdish worries for Turkish troops entering.

22.03.2003 00:04

"This time, to keep the Kurds quiet, the invasion will be under the pretext of "humanitarian aid". However the Kurds know very well that the only humanitarian aid Turkey can offer to Kurds is the extermination of their language, identity, culture, habitat etc, etc."

squelch
- Homepage: http://www.kurdmedia.com/news.asp?id=3613

kurdish fears

22.03.2003 00:14

"This time, to keep the Kurds quiet, the invasion will be under the pretext of "humanitarian aid". However the Kurds know very well that the only humanitarian aid Turkey can offer to Kurds is the extermination of their language, identity, culture, habitat etc, etc."

sqlch
- Homepage: http://www.kurdmedia.com/news.asp?id=3613

anniversary

22.03.2003 00:16

someone suggested that perhaps Washington is 'secretly' passing the Kurdish problem to Turkey so they don't have to bother, and you know as long as the Turks stay away from those Northern oil wells that might even be a possible explanation

 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/2854019.stm
The Kurds are also marking the 15th anniversay of the that time they got gassed. At the same time some Kurds are also remembering how the Americans backed Saddam, armed him with that poison gas, and blocked condemnation by the United Nations, and are thus 'wary of American motives' which shows that they aren't exactly stupid those people.

bh

I wonder if you are aware...

22.03.2003 00:21

I wonder if you are aware that Massoud Barzani and Celal Talabani are keen supporters of a US-led war against Iraq and actively take part in it as the north-front. I do not feel any specific urge to defend a Turkish operation in the region, but please understand who the Iraqi Kurds are. While their Arab brothers were dying of hunger and diseases in the south, these people were stocking more ammunition for their coming day.

Contrary to the Kurds of Turkey, they give support to this unjust war which we all oppose.

We do oppose war. Remember?

laborintus

we told them

22.03.2003 02:22

The Kurds may yet again have to learn a lesson, when the Turks roll in and massacre them under the gaze of their "liberators". Kurdistan will be gone by next week...

We, the anti-war protestors tried to warn them about the US's real intentions, but they did not listen. They also sold out their Arab cousins, something which they will not forget.

john