With Turkey threatening to attack Iraq on the premise that it is sheltering Turkish rebel groups, Iraq has finally decided to take some action. Iraq well knows that another war in the region could well push the entire Middle east into the middle ages and has decided to curtail the movements of the Kurdish rebels that live in Iraq.
The Kurds are a fiercely independent group and as such would not tolerate anyone holding the reins over them for long. What is more, Iraqi's by and large respect the Kurds whom they consider not as a Kurd but rather as an Iraqi itself. The Kurds are well entrenched in Iraq and as such they are Iraqi citizens to the boot. So any unilateral action against the Kurd areas of Iraq by any government or any country for that matter will be perceived as an act of invasion and will not be tolerated by the Iraqi's.
To say that a war will ensue if Turkey decides to attack the Kurdish areas of Iraq is a gross understatement. Both the United states and Iraq well know this and as such are taking these steps so as to prevent Turkey from attacking. However will Turkey listen with Jingoism running high in Turkey and the calls for revenge getting louder by the day?
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Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Iraq takes on the Kurds!
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