DEBKAfile: Iran and Turkey Prepare for War in Iraqi Kurdistan

[sabra]

http://www.debka.com/article.php?aid=1214

Iran and Turkey Prepare for War in Iraqi Kurdistan

DEBKAfile Exclusive Military Report

A new Middle East war is in the offing. DEBKAfile’s exclusive military sources in Iraq and sources in Iran reveal that Turkish and Iranian air units as well as armored, paratroop, special operations and artillery forces are poised for an imminent coordinated invasion of the northern Iraqi autonomous province of Kurdistan.

Our sources pinpoint the target of the combined Iranian-Turkish offensive as the Quandil Mountains (see picture), where some 5,000 Kurdish rebels from Turkey and Iran, members of the PKK and PJAK respectively, are holed up. Iranian and Turkish assault troops are already deployed 7-8 km deep inside Iraqi territory.

Turkey to the northwest and Iran to the east both have Kurdish minorities which have been radicalized by the emergence of Iraqi Kurdistan in the last three years. The three contiguous Kurdish regions form a strategic world hub.

A jittery Washington foresees a Kurdish-Iranian military thrust quickly flaring into a comprehensive conflict and igniting flames that would envelop the whole of Iraqi Kurdistan as well as southern Turkey and Armenia.

[HereSince1628]

1. Oh, I hope that isn't reliable, but I've read a lot about trouble

because no country seems to want Kurds seeking autonomy...I hope that doesn't mean that Russia will step in with the Turks and Iranians.

[KittyWampus]

4. Debka is bottom of the pile. I got burned posting something from them

once. But every time that happens to a DU'er we all learn and relearn. It's a 'good' thing. :)

[Warpy]

2. I generally categorize Debka with Rense and other tinfoil hat sites

but they may have reported something accurate this time.

Iran has been lobbing missiles into the Kurdish areas of northern Iraq for some weeks, something the good puppy press isn't reporting and which you have to dig for. An independent Kurdistan is something neither Turkey nor Iran wants, since it would likely cause both of those countries to lose their own Kurdish territories.

Fighting against each other is out of the question, though. They both know their long history of conflicts with massive losses and only stalemate resulting.

[sabra]

3. I hear you, but as you stated the info this time does align with other

reports...