50,000 Turkish Troops Invade Iraq

Jun 06, 2007 08:46

50,000 Turkish troops invaded N. Iraq Wednesday, June 6, 2007. The US was partly to blame when it withdrew soldiers from the Kurdish areas. On June 2, "DEBKAfile reported that the US had removed troops from northern Iraq and passed responsibility for the region’s security to the Iraqi Kurdish peshmerga."

The Kurds took advantage of the situation and "Two days ago, Kurdish PKK rebels killed at least 8 soldiers, wounding 6, in a suicide attack on an E. Turkish checkpoint at Tunceli."

This is not the first military action by Turkey. The Russian FSB reported, "Turkey has, likewise, been angered by the inaction of the Americans against the Kurdish rebels in Iraq, and as we can read as reported by the World War 4 News Magazine in their report titled "Turks charge US betrayal on PKK; Barzani threatens Turkey", and which says:

"Thousands of Turkish troops backed by helicopters battled Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) insurgents near the Iraqi border April 8, in clashes that left 10 soldiers and seven guerillas dead. The fighting was centered in the provinces of Tunceli, Bingöl, Bitlis and Şırnak."

Up to 3,500 separatists are believed based in northern Iraq poised for hit-and-run terrorist attacks in Turkey.

The Turkish news agency reports three F-16 Falcon fighter bombers have carried out bombing raids on positions of the PKK Kurdistan Workers Party in northern Iraq. Artillery deployed at the border with Iraq has fired at pinpointed targets.”

The earlier conflict also appeared to entangle US forces which were quickly withdrawn. "Russian Intelligence Analysts state that American Fighter Jets attempting to counter Turkish Fighter Jets engaged in a ‘brief’ aerial battle which resulted in the loss of one US Air Force F-16, though its pilot was reported rescued. Further reports state that American Military Leaders ‘ordered’ their Air Forces to ‘disengage’ from ‘further contact’ with the invading Turkish forces." No intervention by US forces is expected.

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