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Originally posted by hyper
I was in Istanbul in January.
I had to go through the metal detectors just to go inside the door of the shopping mall and the airport courtesy of the PKK.
but there is no reason for Turkey to go inside Iraq,
as long as Iraq doesnt break apart or attack the Turkish Army.
It would just cause more problems than necessary
The reason Turkey is so hesitant is after the first gulf war. Washington never followed through with their promises, thats why the turkish government wants shit in writing, and honestly i dont blame them
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We have to be there to make sure Iraq is not breaking apart. And if it is breaking apart, we have stop it, no matter who we are fighting againist (kurds or anybody supporting them.
United states is going to arm all these kurds and Turkey wants the control the whole operation and wants to make sure the wepaons are collected back from kurds when the operation is finished. We don't have any other intrest in North Iraq other than this.