Turkey approves Iraq incursion

[Pakage]

ANKARA - Turkey's parliament has resoundingly approved a motion allowing troops to cross into northern Iraq to hunt down Kurdish rebels there, but its Western allies and Baghdad urged Ankara to refrain from military action.

 

 

As parliament voted in Ankara by 507 votes to 19 in favour of the motion, President Bush said it would not be in NATO member Turkey's interests to send troops into Iraq.

 

Washington fears a Turkish incursion could destabilise the most peaceful part of Iraq and possibly the wider region by encouraging others such as arch-foe Iran to intervene.

 

Iraq's government said on Wednesday local time it would send a team to Ankara for further talks to find a peaceful solution to the crisis. NATO and the European Union also urged restraint.

 

Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan has played down expectations of any imminent attack but the parliamentary vote gives NATO's second biggest army the legal basis to cross the mountainous border as and when it sees fit.

 

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You guys been following all this drama? its gonna be fucked up if Iran are all like 'hey.. if theyre gonna invade, we're gonna bust up in this bitch too'.

 

im just waiting for china and russia to get implicated some how and then its on bitches!

 

[kritical]

Wow what a mess

[mike]

Wonder how the Kurds feel about the Turkish army rolling in to take over the land they used to own and want independence in (Northern Iraq)

[Pakage]

This is a little unrelated, as its from 2006, but its a small insight into how they feel about the situation and whats going on over there.

 

[Mr. MuN]

my finger of blame is pointed at the one like NATO!

[Grind]

My mate is in Turkey at the mo - when he gets back to me about what the kebabs are like over there, I'll be sure to ask him about this