Going from bad to worse in Iraq

[Patriought]

I did a little check before posting this and surprise, surprise! It's not really news anywhere else in spite of the implications...

From the Guardian UK

http://www.guardian.co.uk/turkey/story/0,,2040626,00.html

The US is scrambling to head off a "disastrous" Turkish military intervention in Kurdish-controlled northern Iraq that threatens to derail the Baghdad security surge and open up a third front in the battle to save Iraq from disintegration.

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yep, the only place left in Iraq that is relatively stable, and it's close to blowing up. With Turkey being a NATO ally, this could be really messy.

[madrchsod]

1. yes this story is under the radar

the whitehouse has no idea what to do about this problem other than ignore the consequences.

[tech3149]

2. The story was posted here last night

but in the big picture, we're under the radar. I expect the next few month's are going to be really, really bad.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

3. Ironic that this is all about the U.S. supporting terrorist organizations

The Turks are unhappy that the U.S. is arming and backing a terrorist group of Kurds inside Iran that is trying to destabilize the Iranian regime. The same Kurdish terrorist organization is infiltrating into and causing trouble in Turkey. I guess the U.S. is still up to the same old tricks of backing terrorists when it suits them:

"...US support for Iranian Kurds opposed to the Tehran government is adding to the agitation. "The US is trying to undermine the Iran regime, using the Kurds like it is using the MEK ," said Dr Logoglu. "Once you begin to differentiate between 'good' and 'bad' terrorist organisations, then you lose the war on terror."