Turkey Bombs Northern Iraq

[MiniMe]

I haven't seen anything on this, so I wanted to post. What the hell are we doing over there? And why isn't this bigger news?

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/07/18/ap/world/main3071008.shtml?source=mostpop_story

(AP) The Iraqi government said Turkish artillery and warplanes bombarded areas of northern Iraq on Wednesday and called on Turkey to stop military operations and resolve the conflict diplomatically.

The claim occurred amid rising tension and Turkish threats to strike bases of the Kurdistan Workers Party or PKK, which has been launching attacks against targets in Turkey from sanctuaries in Iraq.

Government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh told The Associated Press that the morning bombardment struck areas of the northern province of Dahuk, some 260 miles northwest of Baghdad.

Col. Hussein Kamal said about 250 shells were fired into Iraq from Turkey. He added that there were no casualties on the Iraqi side of the border.


They fired 250 shells and there were no casualties? Are other countries imitating the US? Lets bomb the hell out of them and then say "let's talk". Will this possibly affect our soldiers?