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| Iraqi President Talabani Threatens Turkey, Iran and Syria |
| 2006-09-26 |
| WASHINGTON and ANKARA - IraqÂ’s Kurdish President Jalal Talabani says Iraq can intervene TurkeyÂ’s, IranÂ’s and SyriaÂ’s domestic issues, but they did not do till now. Talabani further warned that Iraq's patience was wearing thin. Iraqi President Jalal Talabani warned in Washington D.C. that Iraq can "make trouble" for its neighbors (Turkey, Iran and Syria) if they do not stop interfering in his country's internal affairs. In an interview to air on National Public Radio on Tuesday, Talabani said Syria, Iran and Turkey were interfering and warned that Iraq's patience was wearing thin. Turkey has been accusing Talabani and Barzani, another Kurdish leader in Iraq, of supporting the PKK, terrorist organization making military attacks against Turkish, Iranian and Syrian targets. The organization is considered terrorist by Iraqi, American, Turkish and EU laws. Talabani claimed that the neighboring countries are intervening the domestic issue of Iraq: "We are asking them to stop interfering in our internal affairs and respect the sovereignty and independence of Iraq otherwise we will be obliged to say something," Talabani added. |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #5 Still, I'd like to see the Iraqi Army with another year to 18 months under its belt (if conditions permit). It will be interesting to see if the Iraqis could mount a unified force given its adversion to operating in outside regions. Would a unified army defend the Kurds? Could be a cause for rallying behind national interests. |
| Posted by: Captain America 2006-09-26 22:12 |
| #4 Nobody else in that area, most likely even Turkey, can operate at the unified divisional level. This gives Iraq total dominance of maneuver and C&C in any land battle. Not to mention vastly superior Air-Land aspects and capabilities. An effective "no-fly" cap could be thrown over Iran in hours, maybe less. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2006-09-26 16:31 |
| #3 Sounds like travel in Iran is about to become a bit more dangerous. Perhaps this is why Condi expressed so little enthusiasm for gasoline sanctions against Iran. If we're ready to let the Iraqis loose on Iran, things can't be going too badly. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2006-09-26 16:27 |
| #2 Darth: Iraq is well on the way to having 10 of the top ground army divisions in the region. I don't know how effective their mech, artillery, and air force are yet, but once they have those, they should easily be able to whup Syria, and could give Turkey and Iran a run for their money. The great secret is that the US wasn't training them to fight the insurgency, which is a mosquito on an elephant compared to their military, we trained them to fight and win against their neighbors. Nobody else in that area, most likely even Turkey, can operate at the unified divisional level. This gives Iraq total dominance of maneuver and C&C in any land battle. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2006-09-26 16:01 |
| #1 "And we have the United States still here to back up my talk and kick your ass!" |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2006-09-26 15:52 |