Turkey: Surge In Fighting With Kurds "Unavoidable"

AP:

Turkey's prime minister said Tuesday increased military action against separatist Kurdish rebels was "unavoidable" and pressed the United States for a crackdown on guerrilla bases in northern Iraq.

Turkish helicopters pounded rebel positions near the border with rockets for a second day and Turkey brought in troops by the truckload in an operation against mountainside emplacements.

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Comments

[MagisterLudi]

01:26 PM on 11/01/2007

Now in true Middle Eastern fashion a weak country gets torn into bits.
In my opinion Iraq is no longer a viable state. This may or may not be a good thing.
There are simply too many variables to predict whats going to happen.
Anyone tell you otherwise is selling something.

[MagisterLudi]

12:55 AM on 11/01/2007

A man was walking across a bridge one day and he saw another man standing on the edge, about to jump off and commit suicide. He immediately ran over and said “Stop! Don’t do it!”
“Why shouldn’t I?” the other said.
The man said, “Well, there’s so much to live for!”
“Like what?”
“Well … are you religious or atheist?”
“Religious.”
“Me too!
Are you Muslim, Christian or Jewish?”
“Muslim.”
“Me too!
Sunni or Shiite?”
“Sunni.”
“Me too!
Hanafi, Hanbali, Shafi or Maliki?”
“Hanafi.”
“Wow! Me too! Do you follow Sheikh Fulaan al Fullani or Sheikh Kaza Kazah?”
“Sheikh Fulaan al Fullani.”

“What?!! Die, heretic scum!” and pushed him off.

[godlessclif]

05:48 AM on 11/01/2007

One of Emo Phillips best bits, only he did it with Baptists.
Missouri synod 1864! I am Missouri synod 1847;
Die heretic!!!!

[ajax2]

08:25 PM on 10/31/2007

The surge is good. Gen. Petraeus will lay out some talking points for you, maybe even a slide show, or produce a local Kurd on the take.

[godlessclif]

05:50 AM on 11/01/2007

Kurd on the lamb.

[fourex]

07:55 PM on 10/31/2007

I'm for the surge, so is the Prez, and Petraeus. Go to it boys.

[THEUNHEARDVOICE]

07:22 PM on 10/31/2007

Question for those who are in the know.How will this start W.W 3 turkey does have nuke Y/N?Pakistan is one death away from muslim who hate America controling Nukes Y/N?India hate's Pakistan right so if the leader of Pakistan dies wouldn't that scare the Indian Leadership seeing that their not Muslim?And where is Condie or Black Queen

[watchingthings]

06:32 PM on 10/31/2007

Now that Sadam, the only one who was able to keep the kurdish terrorists under control is dead, The Kurdish terrorists are brave and kill innocent people at will. The turkish government has to put them down, if for no other reason, to keep them from starting armageddon. The Kurds have to be protected from themselves. They need to get their terrorist side under control.

[fact finder]

01:52 PM on 10/31/2007

Of course it is unavoidable. When you seek to eliminate a whole ethnic group they are going to fight back.

[mrcontinental]

10:33 AM on 10/31/2007

Throw in Pakistan and Iran and you have the makings of WWIII.

Make sure you sign up for Selective Service cause the draft is coming. We will once again be the largest police force the world has ever seen and it's going to take more than 300,000 boots on the ground to do it.

[getoffmedz]

10:21 AM on 10/31/2007

Notice the vile Bush/Cheney swine herd is doing NOTHING to prevent the widening of their criminal war?

[getoffmedz]

09:41 AM on 10/31/2007

The Turk is killing Iraqi citizens on Iraqi soil.

These reports are simply twisted.

MSM at it's worst.

The "shoe-shopper" is on her way to Ankara and AS USUAL, NOTHING will be accomplished.