Iranian forces enter Iraq, shell Kurdish guerrillas

[tocqueville]

1 hour, 53 minutes ago

BAGHDAD (AFP) - Baghdad has accused Iranian forces of having over the last 24 hours entered Iraqi territory and shelled Kurdish PKK guerrillas in the northern Arbil province.

"Iranian forces hit a border area called Haj Umran and then entered five kilometers into Iraqi territory and hit the area of Lollan with heavy artillery with 180 shells targeting PKK positions," it said Sunday.

No casualty figures were immediately available.

The attack is the second Iranian offensive against the Kurdistan Workers' Party guerilla group (PKK) in 10 days. The group is fighting for the creation of an independent Kurdish state in southeastern Turkey.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060430/wl_mideast_afp/iraqirankurdsunres;_ylt=AiqYYyBwTzIrIUmKZ8DezeSShMgF;_ylu=X3oDMTBjMHVqMTQ4BHNlYwN5bnN1YmNhdA--

[WorldlyMrB]

1. Maybe Colbert can do a skit on that?

If the GOP should just so happen to steal the 06 election, at least I know I'll have Colberts roast of Bush to go along with my prozak

[still_one]

2. more important was what colbert said of the MSM

[DELUSIONAL]

3. Turkey also crossed the boarder and attacked the Kurds.

So was this attack on the Kurds really Iran -- or was it Turkey?

None of this is believable unless there is independent verification.

[MADem]

4. Hmmm, the Iranians fighting Turkish Kurds on Iraqi Kurdish territory

Iran is bound by treaty with Turkey to fight the outlawed PKK, which has waged a 15-year insurgency against Ankara for self rule in Turkey's mainly Kurdish southeast.

In return, Turkey has pledged to fight the Iranian armed opposition group, the Iraq-based People's Mujahedeen.

Kurdistan...the next big thing???

[leftchick]

5. Turkey has as well! Who do we nuke first?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=2255384&mesg_id=2255384

[Toots]

6. I don't believe it.. I think it was the Turks

Sloppy reporting is the norm in America...