Turkish Troops In Iraq

[DudeAsInCool]

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) - Several thousand Turkish troops crossed into northern Iraq early Wednesday to chase Kurdish guerrillas who attack Turkey from bases there, two Turkish security officials said. Turkey's foreign minister denied its troops had entered Iraq.

Two senior security officials, speaking on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk to the media, characterized the action as a "hot pursuit" raid that was limited in scope. They told The Associated Press it did not constitute the kind of large incursion that Turkish leaders have been discussing in recent weeks as Turkish troops built up their force along the border.

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[method77]

prepare for full war

[DudeAsInCool]

prepare for full war

someone here predicted this would happen... how will this affect the rest of the mess over there?

[method77]

Noone knows. The turkish-kurds will start defending "their" land inside Turkey and it will take billions of years to find a solution. Bush and his people added one more problem in an already troubled region.

Turkey thought they solved the rpoblem by arresting Abdullah Öcalan but no, it's not over yet. My guess is that in the coming years, a new nation called Kurdistan will be born but Turkey wants to make sure that they don't give any land.