Turkey Plans To Invade Northern Iraq

UPI:

The Turkish military said it is setting the ground work for a large-scale ground invasion into northern Iraq targeting the Kurdistan Workers' Party.

The military said the ground operation is the final strike against the Kurdistan Workers' Party, known by its Kurdish language initials of PKK. The operation follows airstrikes on the group in late 2007 and military officials said the operation is scheduled for mid-March, the English language Turkish daily, Today's Zaman said Monday.

Military sources told the newspaper that the operation would be on two fronts; one along the Turkish border with Iraq and one inside Turkey in its southeastern provinces.

Israel gave the Turkish military unmanned surveillance drones that military officials said will provide key intelligence about PKK activity.

The Turkish military deployed about 50,000 troops along the border with Iraq and the newspaper said military officials will keep the same amount of troops in the region for the March operations.

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Comments

[MajorKong]

Oh THIS should be fun....

[ibsteve2u]

Dang...I can't find anything in the PNAC playbook about "What to do if Turkey invades our colony in the Middle East.".

[getoffmedz]

You read this would happen months ago on Huffington Post.

Payback for the use of Turk airfields and airspace.

The U.S. cannot barter Iraqi sovereignty. Iraq is not a U.S. state.

Where is our useless Secretary of State?