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| Iraq-Jordan |
| Turkey warns U.S. it plans to invade northern Iraq shortly after elections |
| 2004-11-11 |
| Turkey's military has begun preparing for what officials warned could result in a major invasion of neighboring Iraq. Officials said the Turkish General Staff has drafted plans for an invasion by at least 20,000 troops into northern Iraq in early 2005. "After the Iraqi elections in January, the Turkish military will be ready to move," a Turkish government source said... Subscription required for rest. |
| Posted by:Anonymoose |
| #14 OS: The Kurds will go on a rampage INSIDE Turkey, destroying the Turkish economy by takig the oild fileds and the western half of Turkey. It occurs to me that the way for Kurdistan to get a port (and thus a route to the sea) may be via annexing Kurdish territory in Turkey and joining it to the Iraqi portion. |
| Posted by: Zhang Fei 2004-11-11 11:57:55 PM |
| #13 Kurds are well armed, well organized, and set up for a guerilla war that will spill over deep into Turkey. The Turks invade 3 things will happen 1) They will get cut to ribbons by US forces assisted by locals. 2) The Kurds will go on a rampage INSIDE Turkey, destroying the Turkish economy by takig the oild fileds and the western half of Turkey. 3) Europe will do precisely squat. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2004-11-11 11:46:52 PM |
| #12 Kurds win, arms up |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-11-11 11:06:38 PM |
| #11 A choice between the Turks and the Kurds? No contest - the Kurds win hands down. |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2004-11-11 11:03:10 PM |
| #10 SteveS: Is this just standard contingency planning that everyone does? Perhaps. I sure hope so. |
| Posted by: Zhang Fei 2004-11-11 10:53:20 PM |
| #9 Is this just standard contingency planning that everyone does? Or is it simply an amazingly bad idea? And who are the unamed 'officials'? |
| Posted by: SteveS 2004-11-11 10:38:55 PM |
| #8 Watch for the LLL to blame GWB for this by saying that the "pre-emptive, unilateral invasion of Iraq legitimized actions like Turkey's". Mark my words. |
| Posted by: Zhang Fei 2004-11-11 10:15:39 PM |
| #7 The Kurds are demonstrating a fine example of working with and promoting a stable democratic governance. The US should quickly take the ante by removing all personel and hardware from Turkey. doing so, so quickly, that the vacuum would leave the Turkish government guessing as to the US's next motive would be. Don't leave the Kurds to "hang to dry"! |
| Posted by: smn 2004-11-11 10:15:35 PM |
| #6 If they try, how about Greater Kurdistan then, when they lose? They should try to limit their intake of hashish. |
| Posted by: Cornîliës 2004-11-11 10:12:44 PM |
| #5 Frogistan will come to their rescue. |
| Posted by: anonymous2u 2004-11-11 10:12:44 PM |
| #4 Is someone smoking too much pot in Ankara? Completely idiotic. |
| Posted by: Cornîliës 2004-11-11 10:11:00 PM |
| #3 Wonder if the Turks plan to accompany this invasion with a declaration of war? They are playing a very high risk game by invading a country under the protection of the US military. We should get our people out of Incirlik as quickly as possible so they can't be held hostage. |
| Posted by: RWV 2004-11-11 10:05:49 PM |
| #2 good, now we'll have another way to get rid of all that old Saddam ordinance. Murat-shredder... |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-11-11 10:04:36 PM |
| #1 Well, that's one way to end any remaining pretense of alliance. |
| Posted by: .com 2004-11-11 10:03:09 PM |