BAGHDAD, June 5, 2008
Report: Iran, Turkey Strike Rebels In Iraq
Turkish TV Says Two Countries Have Been Sharing Intel, And Plan More Attacks Inside Iraq
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Fighters of anti-Iranian Kurdish rebel group PEJAK sit at their camp in Qandil mountains in Iraq, Sunday, May 4, 2008. Turkish television reported Thursday, June 5, 2008 that Turkish and Iranian forces had conducted joint strikes against rebels operating in northern Iraq. (AP Photo/Yahya Ahmed)
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Photo Essay Turkey-Iraq Tensions Nation mulls cross-border military incursion into northern Iraq to chase Kurdish rebels.
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CNN-Turk television reports that Gen. Ilker Basbug has confirmed for the first time that the two countries share intelligence against the rebels.
He said the two countries plan to launch more coordinated operations against the rebel group in the future.
The Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, has been fighting for self-rule in southeastern Turkey since 1984 from bases in northern Iraq.
The Iranian army frequently shells villages in the mountains of northern Iraq, where it alleges that rebels from PEJAK, or the Party for Free Life in Kurdistan, are based.
CBS News producer Randall Joyce said Iraqi officials would not immediately confirm the strikes Thursday, but there have been recent reports that the various Kurdish factions fighting cross border insurgencies might be trying to unite in some fashion.
Meanwhile, the U.S. military said Thursday it had captured two Shiite militia suspects south of Baghdad.
A military statement says one of the men is an Iranian-trained "special groups" leader, and the other is a top weapons smuggler and financier. It says both men surrendered when American soldiers stormed their homes in separate raids early Thursday.
The U.S. uses the label "special groups" to describe Shiite fighters who are defying a cease-fire order by anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr. Many of them are believed to have fled recent fighting in Baghdad's Shiite militia stronghold of Sadr City.
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Re: "Islam is a disgusting cancer on this Earth.. a pimple on the a*ss of Satan.."
FeelFreee4U at 02:34 PM
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If there are any Muslims or others that disagree with my impersonator''s opinions here, his name is Michael Totten, and he can be found at:
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- Islam is like the Roach motel. You can be born in it, check into it, live around it and perhaps convert to it. But once you check into this roach motel, you can never leave.
Black Flag... Roaches check in but they don''t check out!
Hotel California.. "You can check out anytime you like, but you can never leave".
You''re either dealt the fate of being born into this filth with no way out, or you choose to convert because you have a Nazi like mentality. There''s "no way out".
Islam is a disgusting cancer on this Earth.. a pimple on the a*ss of Satan.. A scourge that has scarred humanity for all time. And the worst part? "There''s no way out". - Reply to this comment
- Iranian Police Chief Jailed After Being Caught Nude With 6 Naked Women in Tehranian House of Prostitution http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,351301,00.html
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- First off, Iraq invaded Kuwait the first time because Saddam asked Kuwait to forgive thier war debt from fighting Iran. Kuwait said they would rather see Every woman in Bagdad become a $10whore to pay the debt. Iraq then invaded.
As for Isreal:JERUSALEM - An Israeli attack on Iranian nuclear sites looks %u201Cunavoidable%u201D given the apparent failure of sanctions to deny Tehran technology with bomb-making potential, one of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert%u2019s deputies said Friday.
%u201CIf Iran continues with its program for developing nuclear weapons, we will attack it. The sanctions are ineffective,%u201D Transport Minister Shaul Mofaz told the mass-circulation Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper.
%u201CAttacking Iran, in order to stop its nuclear plans, will be unavoidable,%u201D said the former army chief who has also been defense minister.
We will then come to the rescue! - Reply to this comment
- Bin Laden must not be a believer in weight lifting or steroids. Homosexuals like him usually oppose the pink stuff (anabolics). His weakling strategies only indulge in mayhem and chaos. The Coalition should boot his girlfriends (Al Qada) out of Iraq.
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- With PKK enemies of Turkey, Iran
friends of Turkey, PEJAK enemies of
Iran and PKK friends of PEJAK . . .
Let them all fight!
Trying to figure out who to shoot
going by "The enemy of my enemy is
my friend" they''ll all be dead. - Reply to this comment
- vnveteran72
Your commentary was enlightening and frightful, but I think I agree. Never thought quite that way before. I heard that Obama and McCain were ''briefed'' on something of superior classification, and to my knowledge, a Presidential candidate has never been briefed in this way. So, something''s getting ready to happen, something BIG, or they wouldn''t prepare BOTH Presidential candidates who at this time have no control.
If Bush suspends elections for ANY reason, in order to remain in power, I fear MASS CHAOS, the likes we''ve never, ever seen.
We need a new plan for a new democratic government. Like, work on it, a new, updated, simpler plan, and at some point, just do away with the old, and put in the new plan. - Reply to this comment
- I see no problems here,just stay the course,another 5,10 or 20 years.The French will come to OUR rescue,and together WE''LL reap the OIL of WAR...
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- What will Thing bush, Thing cheney, and thing McCain say about the Iranians and the Turks working together? Do you think they will be verbally blistered like they did Obama when he stated he would be willing to talk with the Iranians?
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- The U.S. has a real problem in its hands with Iraq, not unlike Vietnam. There is no real good way for the U.S. to extricate itself from the situation without being perceived as "losing".
The U.S. learned the wrong lesson from Vietnam. One would think that from that experience, one would think very carefully before going in, and plan for every possible contigency. Instead, the (wrong) lesson it learned is to avoid humiliation, stay and try to "win" at all cost, even when there is nothing to be "won" and no longer a reason to stay there.
Only when the public outcry becomes too great that the U.S. will begin pulling out, victory or not. Of course some people will then find reason to blame the "pacifists", and again the wrong lesson will be learned. - Reply to this comment
- We forget that Russia aggressed into Afghanistan and that Sadaam agressed into Kuwait. The Russians were after Iranian oil and Sadaam was after Kuwaiti oil. These aggressions were attempts to take over the wealth of other nations, just like Hitler did in WWII. Someone once said that if we do not learn from history, then we are destined to repeat it. Please, lets learn from their behaviors of who is for peace and who is for war and lets make our decisions based on who wants to live side by side in peace and lets support those nations who choose a peaceful coexistence, i.e. Israel, U.S., Kuwait, Jordan, etc. ad finitum; and conversely, lets not support those who want war or who will not work towards peace, i.e. Iran, Syria, etc.
Take care, JIm - Reply to this comment
- Once again the kangaroo military justice system finds a marine officer not guilty of tampering with evidence. Can these people ever be found guilty because up to now only about 10 lower level flunkies have been found guilty....What a sham no wonder these abuses continue because they know they can get away with killing innocent folks.
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- Folks, WE the PEOPLE, need to start giving SERIOUS thought to what we are going to do with these criminals, Bush and Cheny, who LIED us into this mess. At this point the evidence that they just flat OUR RIGHT lied to us causing this nation untold problems can not be overlooked. The LAST thing we can allow them to do is just go back to their corporate board rooms and relax in the lap of greed! Anyone who thinks that is fair should have to visit a VA Hospital and LOOK at what they have done with their lies.
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Posted by MCVet at 09:57 PM : Jun 05, 2008
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And they''re not done yet. Knowing they face War Crimes Trials after the Democratic Sweep in November, I''m looking for a massive False Flag Attack, that''ll give the Little Drunken AWOL/Deserter the reason he needs to declare a "National Emergency", suspend the Elections, Congress, and consolidate power under a
Martial Law Police State Dictatorship. If you haven''t got your guns, ammo, and equipment ready, you better do so pronto, because it''s going to go down sometime real soon. Don''t say nobody told you so. - Reply to this comment
- Folks, WE the PEOPLE, need to start giving SERIOUS thought to what we are going to do with these criminals, Bush and Cheny, who LIED us into this mess. At this point the evidence that they just flat OUR RIGHT lied to us causing this nation untold problems can not be overlooked. The LAST thing we can allow them to do is just go back to their corporate board rooms and relax in the lap of greed! Anyone who thinks that is fair should have to visit a VA Hospital and LOOK at what they have done with their lies.
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- Isn''''t that the same thing people ask you?
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Posted by bhoogren at 02:09 PM : Jun 05, 2008
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Strange but ONLY Nazi''s ask him that? Oop''s guess I let it out of the bag huh??? Well since it''s out let''s give everyone a big SIEG HEIL!! GOOD LITTLE FACIST!! Say what did you think about yet ANOTHER report saying your fuhrer LIED us into this mess.. YEP and TWO REPUBLICAN''s... you know there are a few of them left, they voted for the report. NOT GOOD FOR THE "PARTY" huh??? Oh well... sieg heil y''all - Reply to this comment
- McCain/Bush won''''t leave Iraq until it''''s safe from it''''s neighbors. That will take 100 years.
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Posted by Smirk5 at 06:20 PM : Jun 05, 2008
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Uh that war has been going on now for 1500 years hasn''t it??? LOL Ah Iraq! The LIE that just keeps on giving!! - Reply to this comment
- ciestes,
The whole region is tired of the costs of war. Why should Israel care we pay for everything for them.
Posted by dmw1167
EXACTLY !!! - Reply to this comment
- McCain/Bush won''t leave Iraq until it''s safe from it''s neighbors. That will take 100 years.
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- Winning what?
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Posted by bhoogren at 02:11 PM : Jun 05, 2008"
I''ll be sure to pass the question on to MAgoo - he''s the one who claimed you''re winning - Reply to this comment
- You all should look up who created the borders of these countries. Only then will you see that western society created this problem at the begining by not seperating these rival factions.
Iraq was carved out of the Ottoman Empire by the French and British as agreed in the Sykes-Picot Agreement. On 11 November 1920 it became a League of Nations mandate under British control with the name "State of Iraq".
Main article: Iraqi revolt against the British
Britain imposed a Hashimite monarchy on Iraq and defined the territorial limits of Iraq without taking into account the politics of the different ethnic and religious groups in the country, in particular those of the Kurds and the Assyrians to the north. During the British occupation, the Shiites and Kurds fought for independence - Reply to this comment
