Turkey Rattles Its Sabers at Militant Kurds in Iraq

[L. Coyote]

Turkey Rattles Its Sabers at Militant Kurds in Iraq
By SABRINA TAVERNISE
Published: June 8, 2007
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/08/world/europe/08turkey.html?hp


CIZRE, Turkey, June 7 — Turkey is stepping up its presence along its border with Iraq to levels not seen in years in an effort to root out Kurdish separatist guerrillas who take refuge in northern Iraq.

That means that as the American military struggles to control the violence in central Iraq, a second conflict could spill across its northern border.

And while reports this week of a large Turkish military push into Iraq seem to be untrue, the army is acting with greater urgency here in the southeast, home to a large part of the Kurdish minority, which accounts for one-fifth of Turkey’s population.

On Wednesday the military announced that it was establishing “security zones” in three districts, including Sirnak, east of here, a step reminiscent of emergency rule imposed on this area until 2002 in an effort to destroy a militant group of Kurdish separatists.

That group, the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, has carried out violent attacks in Turkey since the 1980s, fighting for a separate Kurdish state. It has recently stepped up attacks against Turkish soldiers. Militants killed seven on Monday .................

[AuntPatsy]

1. Didn't someone mention that two days ago, Joe I believe?

[L. Coyote]

2. This is tomorrow's NY Times article. There was a report of an attack.

[AuntPatsy]

3. I believe Joe something who's son is in Iraq was attempting to give

out information similiar to what you just posted that was going to occur soon, apparently they us military is aware of what is happening at the northern border and from what he seemed to be implying it was going to get very ugly soon and our soldiers would be in danger, seems that is what I got from his posts, people questioned his sketchy sound bites of what was to come.