More on the Turks and Kurds.
In this Iraqslogger piece on metrics, Robert Pelton makes a very interesting point. With all the tensions between the Turks and Kurds, the Kurds in Iraq have a substantial number of troops (2 brigades?) out of the Kurdish region participating in "the surge" in Baghdad.
If the Turks do want to go into Kurdish Iraq, they have about a three month window while those troops are in Baghdad.
And, what would happen to "the surge" if those Kurdish troops were suddenly pulled back north?
Again, I don't think the Turks are planning to invade at this point, but with all the tension along the border, an incident could change the dynamics rapidly.
Later: (IHT) Iraqi PM warns Turkey against military incursion into northern Iraq.
(AP) Gates warns Turkey not to invade Iraq
(AP) The PKK vows to resist invasion.
If the Turks do want to go into Kurdish Iraq, they have about a three month window while those troops are in Baghdad.
And, what would happen to "the surge" if those Kurdish troops were suddenly pulled back north?
Again, I don't think the Turks are planning to invade at this point, but with all the tension along the border, an incident could change the dynamics rapidly.
Later: (IHT) Iraqi PM warns Turkey against military incursion into northern Iraq.
(AP) Gates warns Turkey not to invade Iraq
(AP) The PKK vows to resist invasion.
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