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| Turkish commandos beef up deployment along Iraqi borders |
| 2010-06-22 |
| BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq: Turkish commandos backed by helicopters deployed along the Iraqi border Monday after Kurdish guerrillas killed 11 soldiers at the weekend in one of the deadliest attacks for years in their separatist war, Reuters reported. In Ankara, President Abdullah Gul chaired an emergency security meeting, attended by Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan and military leaders, as pressure mounted for the government to rein in violence in the mainly Kurdish southeast. The deployment has boosted troop numbers well into the thousands along the border with Iraq, where Kurdish rebels are based. “Helicopter gunships bombed suspected positions of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) rebels group in the mountains in the provinces of Hakkari and Sirnak,' security sources said. More than 40,000 people, mainly Kurds, have been killed since the PKK took up arms in 1984 with the aim of creating an ethnic homeland in the southeast. “A review of intelligence and the structure of personnel in the region was discussed,' a statement from Gul's office said after the security summit. |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #3 Turkish commando sounds kind of like Dutch oven. It sounds like it could be something else unrelated to the Turkish military. Like a spicy, spicy submarine sandwich. |
| Posted by: Attention on Deck 2010-06-22 13:52 |
| #2 As Erdogan is clearly realigning with the Iranian and Islamic axes, I wouldn't be surprised if the Turks find some excuse to invade the Kurdish part of Iraq under some excuse or pretext of PKK agression and just in passing consolidate their occupation of the oil producing fields in this region. This would clearly be a proper response to the weakness being broadcasted by Obama on Middle east issues. The silence of Obama and Hillary to the clear cut Turkish provocation with the Gaza "Peace" flotilla- and their demand for investigation of Israeli attempts at self defense was a clear hint to the Turks that the US has abandoned the war on terror and has given up hope of being a decision maker in ME geopolitics. I think in the very near future we can expect some kind of reshuffling of the power balance in the ME with some kind of Iran-Turky alliance with either the Chinese or the Russians who will gradually oust the US from any position of power in the ME. What the heck, I've been wondering lately if Israel should not read the writing on the wall and cut some deal with the Chinese. The only thing that keeps me from being totaly cynical is that I know Bambi will not be allowed a second (disastrous) term as POTUS by the American voter. The question is how much damage will Bambi be able to inflict on Israel (and on US citizens in the long term) in the next two years, and whether we can afford to sit quitely and do nothing as Iran gets to become a nuclear power ( we have a very good example of how Americans are able to cope with a rough nuclear states - look up the NORKS). My personal opinion is that with or without Bambi, Israel will have to stike and we are facing an all out war in which we will be attacked simultaneously by Iran-Syria-Lebanon/Hizballa, the Hamas and possibly Turkey if Erdogan decides to go Jihadi. In the latter case I expect nukes to be used because we will not be supported by the US and we cannot risk a long attrition war with all the above islamonuts without suffering a devastating blow to our economy. It will be interesting to see how far Erdogan will push his luck with additional Iranian inspired "Peace Flotilas" - this could be the final match to ignite the ME. Lots of popcorn will be needed soon. We are constantly being pushed against the wall by the Eunuchs in Eurabia, including official NATO members and Bambi is sitting quietly on the fence and smiling. Eventually even our dumb leaders will understand that a decision has to be taken..... The ME is now in the process of redefining spheres of influence and power. Bambi is a looser in this struggle. The strongest will survive. The irony here is that the verbose and eloquent stance of Obama for limiting nuclear weapons and proliferation, because of a combined weak politics and inability to stand up to defiance worldwide and a tendency for abandonment of former alliances- seems to be pushing the ME towards it's first nuclear war. |
| Posted by: Elder of Zion 2010-06-22 04:17 |
| #1 ION ANKARA TOPIX > TURKEY LOOKING EAST AND MAKES WAVES. ARTIC > denotes that while TURKEY, IRAN ARE RISING, ARABS as a class are NOT. EGYPT'S TIME IS DONE = FINIS'. Better for TURKEY's interests to be a "BIG BROTHER" IN THE EAST = CENTRAL ASIA, ETC. THAN A "SMALL BROTHER" IN THE WEST. * SAME > RUSSIA TO SELL S-300, S-400 SAMS TO TURKEY, to defend its SOuthern borders. * SAME > WE'RE NOT FOLLOWING TURKEY'S "SEA CHANGE", as per CYPRUS ISSUE agz GREECE | RESOLUTION OF CYPRUS ISSUE KEY TO TURKEY'S BID FOR EU MEMBERSHIP. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2010-06-22 00:48 |