Reuters: Turk PM asserts right to intervene in Iraq, raps US

[Eugene]

Turk PM asserts right to intervene in Iraq, raps US
Fri 12 Jan 2007 12:57 PM ET

ANKARA, Jan 12 (Reuters) - Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan on Friday reaffirmed
Turkey's right to send troops into Iraq to crush Kurdish rebels there and
chided U.S. officials for questioning it.

"The Turkish Republic will do whatever is necessary to combat the terrorists
when the time comes, but it will not announce its plans in advance," Erdogan
told a news conference after a meeting of his ruling AK Party.

"We say we are ready to take concrete steps with the Iraqi government and
we also say these steps must be taken now."

In sharp language underscoring Turkish anxiety about the chaos in Iraq, Erdogan
said it was wrong for Washington -- "our supposed strategic ally" -- to tell
Turkey, with its historic and cultural ties in the region, to stay out of Iraq.

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Full article: http://today.reuters.com/News/CrisesArticle.aspx?storyId=L12896544

[DixieBlue]

1. Well, that's lovely now isn't it?

I don't even know what to say about Iraq any longer. The whole situation just seems like a bad dream or book.

[rodeodance]

9. a bad dream does not kill

[Eurobabe]

2. Doesn't Erdogan KNOW that King George makes all the rules?

[mmonk]

3. He didn't get the memo that George rules the world.

[Joe for Clark]

4. They are right - and they are our NATO ally.

This is really getting scary.

Joe

[acmavm]

5. The bush** administration has NO allies. It has a poodle and

a couple toadies.

NO ALLIES.

[bemildred]

6. "our supposed strategic ally"

Isn't that a nice slap in the chops?
:rofl:

[donkeyotay]

7. The Decider told him last year, right before Israel bombed Lebanon

that he wasn't authorizing Turkey to preempt. Jeesh, running the world must be getting harder.

[maddezmom]

8. interesting...and we sent military planes to Turkey today

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