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Turkey Begins Ground Offensive into Northern Iraq
breitbart.com ^ | -2/22/08 | Unknown

Posted on 02/22/2008 1:43:20 AM PST by Froufrou

Turkey's military said on Friday it had launched a ground offensive backed by fighter jets into northern Iraq on Thursday evening to hunt down Kurdish PKK guerrillas based there.

"The Turkish Armed Forces, which attach great importance to Iraq's territorial integrity and stability, will return home in the shortest time possible after its goals have been achieved," the military's General Staff said in a statement posted on its website.


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: iraq; turkey; turkishtroops
What are the goals???
1 posted on 02/22/2008 1:43:20 AM PST by Froufrou
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To: Froufrou

Oh... Crap...


2 posted on 02/22/2008 1:54:10 AM PST by Lost Dutchman ("Weep for the future Na'Toth, Weep for us all." (G'Kar-Babylon 5))
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To: Lost Dutchman

Indeed. BOHICA.


3 posted on 02/22/2008 1:57:42 AM PST by Froufrou
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To: Froufrou

Indexing


4 posted on 02/22/2008 2:31:08 AM PST by JDoutrider (No 2nd Amendment... Know Tyranny)
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To: Froufrou

Notice the Dims are completely silent on this. They only oppose American military actions, but have no problem at all with anyone else taking up arms.


5 posted on 02/22/2008 3:01:40 AM PST by ought-six
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To: Froufrou
Here's the version which is already in breaking news.
6 posted on 02/22/2008 4:55:57 AM PST by ASA Vet
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To: JDoutrider; ought-six; ASA Vet

Thanks, JD!

Yes, I did notice the Dims don’t care.

ASA, I thought posting AP was taboo.


7 posted on 02/22/2008 5:12:46 AM PST by Froufrou
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To: Froufrou
Ruh roh....

Turkey making forays into Iraq, Russia saber rattling over Kosovo, Iran making belligerent noises....bad mojo.

8 posted on 02/22/2008 5:43:08 AM PST by pepsi_junkie (Often wrong, but never in doubt!)
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To: Froufrou

Remember,

This is Nancy Pelosi’s war.


9 posted on 02/22/2008 5:51:10 AM PST by kidd
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To: Froufrou

Based on Turkey’s refusal to let us use their bases as entry points to Iraq in GWII, I’d vote for sending a couple of F-22s in for a little live-fire demo against the Turkish jets that are invading the country that we now occupy.


10 posted on 02/22/2008 10:25:21 AM PST by TXnMA ("Allah": Satan's current alias...)
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