Monday, June 04, 2007

And here we go....

Into the wild blue quagmire of all quagmires:
Via Attaturk of Rising Hegemon, the Kurds have fired on Turkey:

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) - Kurdish rebels fired rockets and grenades at a Turkish military outpost Monday, killing seven soldiers in an attack that heightened tension at a time when Ankara has threatened military action against the rebels in northern Iraq.

The army sent helicopter gunships and reinforcements to Tunceli province in southeastern Turkey after guerrillas rammed a vehicle into the military post and opened fire with automatic weapons and rockets, local media reported.

Soldiers returned fire, killing the driver, the military said.

The attack came as Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul told European Union officials visiting Ankara that ``we have every right to take measures against terrorist activities directed at us from northern Iraq.''

Turkey's political and military leaders have been debating whether to stage an incursion into northern Iraq to try to root out Kurdish rebel bases there.

I told you and I told you....

6 comments:

ellroon said...

The Armenians can attest to that.

The Kurds have been picking fights for years within and outside of the Turkish border. Do they really want to activate a second 'front' to their battles? Do they think the U.S. will support them against Turkey? Is this a way of getting Turkey involved with Iraq?

Turkey is a major secular Islamic nation. Are we going to piss them off too?

Is there anyone in charge that doesn't buy into the Chaos-is-good theory?

mapaghimagsik said...

Yeah, since we've decided we're not a secular nation.

Oh and on a non-secular note, Taking Stock bids a fond farewell to Jerry Falwell.

ellroon said...

Linked it!

Steve Bates said...

The branch of the U.S. armed forces suggested by your post title isn't quite right. Soon enough, at this rate, it'll have to be "Ankara's Away!"

(Steve exits left, humming Sheldon Hamrick's Merry Minuet: "They're rioting in Africa / They're starving in Spain / There's hurricanes in Florida / And Texas needs rain...") (Do watch the Google video.)

Steve Bates said...

Make that "Harnick," not "Hamrick." If I could type and spell, I'd be dangerous.

ellroon said...

Steve, you are dangerously funny just the way you are.

And thanks for the song, posted it!