Article

2010-11-27 The Grand Turk

Turkey Hits Back at Wikileaks Accusations

Archived material is restricted to Rantburg regulars and members. If you need access email fred.pruitt=at=gmail.com with your nick to be added to the members list. There is no charge to join Rantburg as a member.

Posted by tipper 2010-11-27 01:04|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 Turkey's interests in Iraq are complicated. First of all, they want to protect the Turkoman who are just south of Iraqi Kurdistan. They also have a vested interest in the Turkoman claims to some of the oil around Kirkuk.

However, no doubt there are some Turkish radicals who would render support to al-Qaeda. They have also been hobnobbing with Iran for longer than they let on.

For its part, the US has probably engaged the PKK with the idea of destabilizing northwestern Iran, even going so far as to providing them a little intelligence as to where and who they could hit to do the most good.

Posted by Anonymoose 2010-11-27 12:12|| 2010-11-27 12:12|| Front Page Top

23:58 anon1
23:54 Skidmark
23:39 Skidmark
22:59 Bright Pebbles
22:59 Rob Crawford
22:50 Rambler in Virginia
21:24 Dogsbody
20:35 Uleger Barnsmell4617
20:27 Uleger Barnsmell4617
20:24 Uleger Barnsmell4617
19:53 Frank G
19:49 USN,Ret
19:45 Fire and ice
19:43 Fire and ice
19:35 anon1
19:28 Fire and ice
19:19 Secret Master
19:18 tu3031
19:14 Beavis
19:13 Frank G
19:12 Secret Master
19:11 anon1
18:57 anon1
18:57 Frank G