ISTANBUL, Turkey, March 5, 2008
Report: Turkey Levels New Iraq Attack
Bombings Target Kurdish Rebels, According To Iraqi Officials
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Turkish planes bombarded Dashti Barzji in Irbil province, about 15 miles from the Turkish border, Iraqi border guard Capt. Saleh Ali told The Associated Press. The area is uninhabited and there were no reports of casualties or damage, he said.
Turkish private NTV television, citing an Iraqi Kurd official, reported that military helicopters attacked the region of Sidekan, 30 miles south of the Turkey-Iraq border.
Turkey's military has not yet confirmed or denied the reports.
Political tensions in Turkey have been growing since Friday, when the military ended the eight-day ground incursion into northern Iraq. Since then, the opposition has accused the government of bowing to pressure from the U.S. to end the campaign prematurely.
U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates had asked Turkey a day earlier to wrap up the operation.
Turkish government and military officials have fervently denied any U.S. influence on the decision to withdraw troops from Iraq.
Senior Turkish military officials have said the ground incursion was a success.
Gen. Yasar Buyukanit, chief military commander, has said the decision was made for military reasons after the operation achieved goals the military had set.
The ground operation followed a series of air assaults against the rebels of the Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, who have been accused of using havens in northern Iraq to launch guerrilla attacks against Turkish targets.
Turkey's parliament authorized the government in October to send troops into Iraq to fight Kurdish rebels.
The U.S. started sharing intelligence with Turkey against rebels after a meeting between U.S. President George W. Bush and Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Nov. 5.
The PKK took up arms against the Turkish state in 1984 and has fought for Kurdish self-rule in Turkey's southeast. The conflict has killed up to 40,000 people.
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- The leader of Turkey should hang like Saddam, huh? Oh, now they are Kurdish Rebels.
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- jwind11, You have to be pretty stupid as well if you are incapable of understanding someone "figuratively".
Look that one up.... - Reply to this comment
- dumb (d%u016Dm)
adj., dumb7er, dumb7est.
Lacking the power of speech
there is the definition mcvet....so you calling bush dumb was not a true statement. i have seen and heard him speak...pretty pathetic of you to attempt to call someone stupid, when you use the wrong term for it....like i said....what does that make you, who doesn''t have a grasp of the english language? - Reply to this comment
- Is it me or does the Little Nazi have a different War on his plate every single day?? ROFLMAO Now I know Fascist are stupid and that a Southern Fascist is twice as stupid but Dang! Bush has to be the dumbest creature to ever occupy planet Earth!!
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Posted by MCVet at 01:55 PM : Mar 05, 2008
as usual its just you, there is not a different war everyday. when say bush is dumbest, you meant stupid right? as an educated person knows that dumb means you are unable to speak. if you meant stupidest on planet, what does that make you? - Reply to this comment
- MCVet, he''''s not southern, Connecticut bred, born and raised. Not a southern bone in his body.
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Posted by RowdyTexan2 at 08:04 PM : Mar 05, 2008
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I don''t care if he was born on the Moon, he''s nothing but a Red Neck Fascist... act''s like it, smells like it and IS!! - Reply to this comment
- Nixon said he would end the war...half the war and casualties came under his escalation.
The so-called anti-war Democrats are going to give the War Pigs 12 months BEFORE they even submit a plan for a withdrawal...in other words the war and occupation will go full tilt until Jan. 20, 2010!!
Pelosi''s Demopublican Congress has already approved the eternal surge...do you think this corrupt and venal creature is going to cross swords with a Democratic Congress?--Bush has already said that ''Congress is irrelevant when it comes to Iraq''.
The Democrats are a faux-opposition party...they are there to peddle ''hope'' and ''change'' to creatures every bit as credulous and insipid as the Busholators.
"You can''t fix stupid!"
Vote the Demopublicans out!! - Reply to this comment
- The American public is very much fed up with the Iraq war and will vote Democratic in 11/2008 so it can be ended. Both Hilliary and Obama have committed to ending it. Both have said that they would require the Generals to give them a plan to withdraw within 12 months after 1/20/2009. The Generals should keep up with American politics (not get involved - just keep up) and plan accordingly.
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- This summer, next summer - whatever, BetrayUS...
Posted by Inventagod
"WMDs", "Al Qaeda", "they will welcome us with candy and roses," 10 days, 30 days, "Mission accomlished," "Last throes", 100 days, January 30, March 30, June 30, August 30, wait for the BetrayUs report, end of the year, 2009, 2012, 100 years.
This latest lie is just to keep up the rhythm. I find it amazing that there are still quite a few suckers still buying into this. - Reply to this comment
- "So if Saddam can hang for it, so can Is....ha ha ha"
Posted by zootallures2
As should Bush and his klan. - Reply to this comment
- Hey to all you Israel haters , do you think that Israel now has a right to defend itself ? Turkey does, bombs away. And so does Is.
Posted by hamiltongrad at 10:21 PM : Mar 05, 2008
And so does Iran, Iraq, the Kurds, Latin America... and more to follow. Good luck. Because logically then, *** was Saddam on trial for then????? So if Saddam can hang for it, so can Is....ha ha ha - Reply to this comment
I think we can see why the European Union will never admit Turkey.
Posted by rudy654 at 06:51 PM : Mar 05, 2008
%78 of Turkish population doesnt want to join EU- Reply to this comment
- Is it me or does the Little Nazi have a different War on his plate every single day?? ROFLMAO Now I know Fascist are stupid and that a Southern Fascist is twice as stupid but Dang! Bush has to be the dumbest creature to ever occupy planet Earth!!
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Posted by MCVet at 01:55 PM : Mar 05, 2008
MCVet, he''s not southern, Connecticut bred, born and raised. Not a southern bone in his body. - Reply to this comment
- I think we can see why the European Union will never admit Turkey.
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- ''The top U.S. military commander in the Middle East said Tuesday that officials will probably need some time this summer to reassess the situation in Iraq before drawing down more troops. Adm. William Fallon said he expects Gen. David Petraeus will suggest to him that come midyear, "it''s prudent to make an assessment of where we are."''
Running what has become the most expensive war in history, and keeping it going longer than WWII has become the Republicons legacy during the Bu$h presidency. This summer, next summer - whatever, BetrayUS... - Reply to this comment
With any luck, Bu$h may have started WWIII in Iraq...- Reply to this comment
- Is it me or does the Little Nazi have a different War on his plate every single day?? ROFLMAO Now I know Fascist are stupid and that a Southern Fascist is twice as stupid but Dang! Bush has to be the dumbest creature to ever occupy planet Earth!!
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- Here is a link to a brief article from the great American Empire in Iraq...the Green Zone...where your children are guarding a billion dollar embassy with swimming pools and tennis courts...So, Soldiers! Don''t forget to pack your trunks and tennis rackets when you go to Club Baghdad!...Better sign up for court time now...you might be able to get court time in a million years...
http://www.thetruthseeker.co.uk/article.asp?ID=8161 - Reply to this comment
- Here is a link to a brief article from the great American Empire in Iraq...the Green Zone...where your children are guarding a billion dollar embassy with swimming pools and tennis courts...So, Soldiers! Don''t forget to pack your trunks and tennis rackets when you go to Club Baghdad!...Better sign up for court time now...you might be able to get court time in a million years...
http://www.thetruthseeker.co.uk/article.asp?ID=8161 - Reply to this comment
- Betrayus''s number two, Odierno, says that Iran is Iraq''s greatest danger...as a Turkish ground assault concludes and Turkish air strikes begin...after one million Iraqis are murdered in the New World Order Empire''s onslaught against freedom.
If you read through the gobble-gobble, Admiral Fallon is saying that the surge must be made permanent... This appears to be another one of those "Home by Christmas" campaigns to give the dull-eyed, limp-wristed Sheeple hope that the Democratic "surge" in support of the Bush war of aggression will end... before Christmas (sometime in the future)...after a "reassessment" this summer...which will inevitably drag on till the elections...but you can be sure that prior to November, you will be hearing more and more about withdrawals and fresh ''successes''. - Reply to this comment
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