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Turkish Claws on Northern Iraq
Hurriyet ^ | 8/8/2002 | N/A

Posted on 08/07/2002 5:09:45 PM PDT by a_Turk

The countdown is on for the US attack on Iraq. Turkey has taken position in Northern Iraq in a blitz.

As concerns of an imminent US attack on Iraq grow day by day, Turkey has secured the Critical Bamerni airport in Northern Iraq.

Operational

Turkey has sent heavy machinery and electronic support equipment to the airport along with military and civil personnel who have made the airport available for military use in short order. Ankara, thereby, made it impossible for any other to strategically control the oil rich regions of Mosul and Kirkuk. Turkey has, additionally, established a umber of security checkpoints in northern Iraq.

Talabani explains

This surprize development was reported by PUK leader Celal Talabani, who had been in Ankara on 8/7.

Reports of 5000 Soldiers

The security apparatus inside Iraq was expanded to include a number of forward bases. According to unofficial sources, Turkey has about 5000 soldiers in the region.

Another unofficial report suggests that there are a few Americans who come and go to the Airport.


TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: iraq; kurds; turkey
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1 posted on 08/07/2002 5:09:45 PM PDT by a_Turk
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To: Shermy; Nogbad; Turk2; LJLucido; He Rides A White Horse; Fiddlstix; Torie; MHGinTN; ...
ping!
2 posted on 08/07/2002 5:10:16 PM PDT by a_Turk
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To: a_Turk
Pawn takes center field.

Must be coming quicker than I thought.

3 posted on 08/07/2002 5:12:19 PM PDT by The KG9 Kid
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To: a_Turk
I just hope that we haven't waited too long. A guy on FOX this morning said that it would take at least another 30-60 days to lauch an offensive. Meanwhile it seems as though Iraq could draw first blood sooner then that.
4 posted on 08/07/2002 5:12:38 PM PDT by Mixer
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To: a_Turk; Dark Wing
I thought the Turks usually had more troops inside Iraq's 1990 borders, watching the Kurds.
5 posted on 08/07/2002 5:13:54 PM PDT by Thud
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To: Mixer
"A guy on Fox" doesn't know about any possible secret deployments or troop movements. He knows no more than FReepers. In fact, President Bush's Administration has done a hell of a job so far. NO ONE knows ANYTHING. The Psy-Ops are working very well.
6 posted on 08/07/2002 5:16:44 PM PDT by SunStar
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To: a_Turk
Looks interesting. How reliable is this information?
7 posted on 08/07/2002 5:16:51 PM PDT by JamesWilson
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To: The KG9 Kid
Pawn takes center field.
The pawns are in Europe. This is the rook (sp?) baby!
8 posted on 08/07/2002 5:17:27 PM PDT by a_Turk
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To: a_Turk; weikel
"Good,everything is proceeding as planned...Soon Baghdad will be under my control...

"It is quite safe from Saddam's pitiful little band an Entire Legion of My Best Troops awaits them...."

9 posted on 08/07/2002 5:18:19 PM PDT by Senator_Palpatine
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To: SunStar
"A guy on Fox" doesn't know about any possible secret deployments or troop movements

Actually the guy was/is in the military I just don't recall who he was. It wasn't a reporter. I guess I shpuld have stated that.

10 posted on 08/07/2002 5:19:35 PM PDT by Mixer
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To: a_Turk
God bless our Turkish allies.
11 posted on 08/07/2002 5:21:37 PM PDT by tomahawk
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To: a_Turk
This may be very interesting. Are Turkish troups generally in this part of Iraq with its permission and knowledge?
12 posted on 08/07/2002 5:23:23 PM PDT by Bahbah
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To: a_Turk
The pawns are in Europe. This is the rook (sp?) baby!

Are you sure they are OUR European pawns? Saddam keeps moving them around.
13 posted on 08/07/2002 5:24:37 PM PDT by Arkinsaw
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To: a_Turk
The pawns are in Europe. This is the rook (sp?) baby!

Great line.

Can you explain how trustwothy this information is? If it is true, the baloon is already half-way up and nobody know it.

14 posted on 08/07/2002 5:24:49 PM PDT by BOBTHENAILER
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To: Bahbah
Knowledge yes, permission no. Permission to take over their airport? Definitely no.
15 posted on 08/07/2002 5:26:05 PM PDT by a_Turk
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To: BOBTHENAILER
Balloon, dummy, balloon, dummy, balloon, dummy!!!
16 posted on 08/07/2002 5:28:50 PM PDT by BOBTHENAILER
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To: Bahbah
Are Turkish troups generally in this part of Iraq with its permission and knowledge?

Turkey has been operating in this region for 10 years with the full knowledge of Iraq, but not their permission. This region has effectively become non-Iraqi territory.

17 posted on 08/07/2002 5:29:29 PM PDT by RightWhale
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To: BOBTHENAILER; JamesWilson
Can you explain how trustwothy this information is?
Out of the mouth of the leader of the PUK (Patrioty Union of Kurdistan), which is one of the clans in northern Iraq.

Turkey has the gonads to do this on it's own, so don't assume this is a Bush thing. Seems we're securing our interests ahead of your campaign.
18 posted on 08/07/2002 5:29:39 PM PDT by a_Turk
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To: BOBTHENAILER
If it is true, the baloon is already half-way up and nobody know It.

I kind of expect it to happen that way. I wonder if all the fuss about SA is a sophisticated version of:

"You see this?"

(Raises fist and then kicks opponent in the boxers.)

"You've got to watch out for that."

a.cricket

19 posted on 08/07/2002 5:33:57 PM PDT by another cricket
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To: a_Turk
"Ankara, thereby, made it impossible for any other to strategically control the oil rich regions of Mosul and Kirkuk."

Hmmm...goes in line with the Kurd/Turkoman autonomous zone ideas, no?

20 posted on 08/07/2002 5:36:40 PM PDT by Shermy
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