Turkey Attacks Iraq
December 17th, 2007 by
After blocking the US from opening a northern front on Iraq, amassing 100,000 troops along the Turkish-Iraqi border, and threatening to invade the Kurdish region of Iraq if a referendum on Kirkuk goes forward as planned, Turkey is now intensifying its cross-border attacks deep into the territory of Iraq.
On Sunday, the Turkish military ordered a three-hour aerial bombardment of ten villages in northern Iraq, which it claimed was aimed at bases of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK). Several innocent civilians were killed by the strike and hundreds were forced to flee the region. Various homes, school buildings, and bridges were also destroyed in the Kurdish populated villages that were targeted.
The Iraqi parliament passed a resolution on Monday sharply condemning Turkey’s actions as a “cruel attack on Iraqi sovereignty.” The EU called on Turkey to “refrain from taking any military action that could undermine regional peace and stability.”
As can be seen, Turkey is moving forward with its sinister plan against the Kurds and proceeding to destabilize the calmest region of Iraq. With ‘allies’ like this, who needs enemies?
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