Turkish Claws on Northern Iraq

Hurriyet ^ | 8/8/2002 | N/A

[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.

[headsonpikes]

Great thread, Turk. Of course, your posts often bring out the better sort of poster. ;^)

The Arab countries definitely need less stability, and more genuine revolutionary upheavals. If these bogus Arab states cannot manage a transition to contemporary civilized standards, then political control by outsiders may be required.
Establishing a US/Turkish Protectorate of Iraq would do wonders in encouraging better behavior by the other Arab states.

Thanks for the post.. ;^)

[withteeth]

I appreciate the response.

[WhirlwindAttack]

I have not seen this in any of the U.S. media. Any new developments?

[maquiladora]

I have not seen this in any of the U.S. media

Exactly.
This is local, on the ground info. Not gibberish disinfo sparked up in the offices of the LA Times or the Washington Post.

Things are happening, in mid August, as we were told they would.

[a_Turk]

I just realized that I was wrong about the former name of British Petroleum. It was not the Indo-Persian Oil Company, but rather the Anglo-Persian Oil Company..

[The Person]

The notorious debka.com is looking better by the day.

[Robert_Paulson2]

"This region has effectively become non-Iraqi territory."

I like the sound of that.