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by Al Qaeda, Shia militias, refugees, political stalemate - the situation in Iraq is certainly not in need of more complication. Still, recent activity on the Iraqi border with Turkey may add to the violence and intrigue. The Turkish military is currently building up forces on the border, perhaps with a view to launching a punitive expedition against the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), which Turkey believes is responsible for a recent bomb attack in Ankara. Although the US has urged Turkey to remain on its side of the international divide, the Turkish prime minister has said he "cannot make any concessions to this end" and expressed interest in a cooperative US/Turkish operation against the PKK. Analysts suspect that thousands of PKK members use the Kurdish-controlled north of Iraq as a base for operations against Turkey.
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Turks or Kurds in your milk??
The Kurds, if only the whole of Iraq had done so well,
but they never have been our idealogical partners.
The US probably isn't all that stressed
over the Turks threating to come over the border
and might even welcome it, but not as participants.
The NYTimes might print at the worst possible moment
some proof that the US gave Turkey satellite photos
but until then, I'd say the US will sit on the fence.
Turks or Kurds, neither name a Madison Ave. creation.
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If thePKK is a terrorist organization and the U.S.A. doesn't do anything to stop their activity in Iraq, doesn't that make the U.S.A. a state sponsor of terrorism?