Bush considers solution to PKK: bomb northern Iraq

[ProSense]

U.S. air strikes on PKK weighed

Bush seeks to keep Turkey out of Iraq

By Bay Fang | Washington Bureau
6:35 AM CDT, October 23, 2007

WASHINGTON - The Bush administration is considering air strikes against the Kurdish rebel group PKK in northern Iraq in an attempt to stave off a Turkish invasion of Iraq to fight the rebels, administration officials said.

President Bush spoke with Turkish President Abdullah Gul by phone Monday in an effort to ease the crisis. According to an official familiar with the conversation, Bush assured the Turkish president that the U.S. was looking seriously into options beyond diplomacy to stop the attacks coming from Kurdish-controlled northern Iraq.

"It's not 'Kumbaya' time anymore -- just talking about trilateral talks is not going to be enough," the official said. "Something has to be done."

While the use of U.S. soldiers on the ground to root out the PKK would be the last resort, the U.S. would be willing to launch air strikes on PKK targets, the officials said, and has discussed the use of cruise missiles. But air strikes using manned aircraft may be an easier option because the U.S. controls the air space over Iraq, the officials said.

Another option would be to persuade the Kurdistan Regional Government, which runs that part of Iraq, to order its pesh merga forces to form a cordon preventing the movement of the PKK beyond its mountain camps, said U.S. officials and experts. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice spoke with Kurdistan Regional Government Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani on Sunday to request his cooperation in dealing with the PKK.

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Bush's policy blow them up or bribe them.

[Eurobabe]

1. that's just swell

let's fuck over the kurds while we are at it. was this all just a ploy to appease the turks? me wonders.

bush you are a worthless, unreliable, lying piece of shit.

[Jacobin]

2. Too late. Turkey started bombing northern Iraq this morning

[DrDan]

3. isn't that his generic solution? - more bombing??? n/t