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2005-08-01 Iraq-Jordan

Fighting Flares, Iraq Invasion Threatened

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Posted by Steve 2005-08-01 09:33|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Turkish troops remain in Iraq, as far as I can tell, just as they did before Saddam fell. The Turks have defacto occupied several stretches of border and maintained special ops units in several northern Iraqi cities.

Posted by Chuck Simmins">Chuck Simmins 2005-08-01 10:08|| http://blog.simmins.org]">[http://blog.simmins.org] 2005-08-01 10:08|| Front Page Top

#2 Ima recall Mucki said bad things come in threes.......

Posted by Shipman 2005-08-01 13:55|| 2005-08-01 13:55|| Front Page Top

#3 Meanwhile, over in Iran, Iranian Kurds are once again restive.

Bad things, Shipman?

Posted by Secret Master 2005-08-01 15:01|| 2005-08-01 15:01|| Front Page Top

#4 Kurds are pissed off and I doubt they'll cease being pissed off now that they've got a lil bit of legitimacy in the world.

There participation in Iraq's govt seems like a temporary stint till a kurdish nation emerges amongst Turkey, Iran and Kurdish controlled Iraq.

Traditional homelands die slowly if ever, and the ten year reposte we gave them to gather themselves under our air protection didn't hurt their cause.

Turks shouldn't count on any Iraqi assistance unless it comes in the form of some peshmerga revenge against select PKK targets, hbut in reality that has little to do with Turkey, it would just be a convenient excuse to off a few political enemies.

EP

Posted by ElvisHasLeftTheBuilding 2005-08-01 17:28|| 2005-08-01 17:28|| Front Page Top

#5 Missing one actor to complete the RB Troll Troika Secret Mas.

Posted by Shipman 2005-08-01 20:00|| 2005-08-01 20:00|| Front Page Top

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