Turkish Armed Forces Strike Kurdish Camps in North Iraq

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http://www.aina.org/news/20060429184038.htm

Istanbul -- The Turkish armed forces have launched their first military operation along the Iraqi border where Turkish troops have concentrated for days.

The Northern Iraqi cities of Amedi and Zaho, sheltering Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK) militants, were hit with mortar attacks in "Operation Crescent."

First reports say that locations where militants were lodged in the regions of Geliye, Pisaxa, Pirbela, Sheshdara, Sheranish and Elanish were demolished.

The "Burgundy Beret" units performed a recognizance mission in the area a while ago as part of the Special Forces Command.

Troop deployment to the region from different parts of the country continues.

[Ian David]

1. I thought we were supposed to be protecting these people?

Then again, we can't secure our own borders... why should we think we can secure theirs?

[necso]

2. "Coincidently*",

word has it that the US is trying to get permission from Turkey to use bases there to bomb Iran.

A done deal perhaps? One in the offing? (?)... Or has Turkish patience just run out?

(The future course of this action could be telling.)

And does Russia look to be getting a little nervous about continuing Iranian enrichment? (Giving the US anything resembling even a rationalization to attack Iran -- particularly for such a small-time operation -- seems most foolish to me. What is there to gain? -- Man should be humble in the face of god.)

*: If true, of course.

[Media_Lies_Daily]

3. Maybe the trade-off for the use of the bases was letting Turkey...

...attack the Kurds.

Why would the Russians be at all nervous about Iran's continued uranium enrichment?