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"Turkey vows to defeat PKK rebels

 

Turkey vowed strong action Sunday against Kurdish separatists after 12 of its soldiers and 32 rebels were killed in clashes sparked by an ambush near the tense border with Iraq.(AFP/Sezayi Erken)

Turkey vows to defeat PKK rebels

Turkey's leaders vow to "pay any price" to defeat terrorism after the latest attack by Kurdish rebels.

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Demonstrators march with Turkish flags in downtown Istanbul, Turkey, Sunday, Oct. 21, 2007, during a protest against a recent attack on the Turkish troops by the separatist Kurdish rebels in southeastern Turkey. Kurdish rebels ambushed a military unit near Turkey's border with Iraq early Sunday, killing 12 soldiers and increasing pressure on the Turkish government to stage attacks against guerrilla camps in Iraq. (AP Photo/Serkan Senturk)

Turks plan response to Kurdish attack

Turkey's political and military leaders held an emergency security summit Sunday night to plan a response to the latest attack by Kurdish rebels

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US State Department Q&A | October 19, 2007


QUESTION: Tom, on the PKK issue, representatives of the KRG in northern Iraq are saying that the United States is obligated by UN resolutions to protect the territorial integrity of Iraq, which means that it'll have to protect against any foreign invasion. Is that your interpretation as well?

MR. CASEY: It's my interpretation, Nicholas, that the PKK represents a very serious problem for both Iraq and for Turkey, and it's our expectation that what will happen is that we will be able to work cooperatively with both the Turks and the Iraqis to resolve it. And so I think it's speculative for anyone to be talking about the possibility of some kind of unilateral military action at this point........

Partiya Karkerên Kurdistan

The Wedge Strategy Turkey Needs Against Terrorism

 

The Road Map to War

The recent (not really about Genocide or the Armenians) Armenian 'Genocide' resolution was designed to eliminate all doubts that Turkey would enter the equation of war and peace in Iraq. The ingredients and the writings on the wall were already there with the Iraqi Kurds killing of Turkish Kurds, and Turkey reacting by claiming its 'citizens' are getting killed in the ongoing battle of terrorists' version of hide and seek....

 

Lebanese Cartoon: "Turkey's Parliament [Supports] Invading Iraq"

On sign: "Northern Iraq."

Source: Al-Mustaqbal, Lebanon, October 18, 2007 VIA

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