Turkey increases military equipment along Iraq border

There are new signs that a Turkish strike in Northern Iraq is more likely:

Turkey has sent large contingents of soldiers,tanks and armored personnel carriers to reinforce its border with Iraqamid a heated debate over whether to stage a cross-border offensive tohit terrorist group PKK's bases.

The images of military trucks rumbling along the remote border withIraq's Kurdish zone and tanks being transferred on trains and trucks toreinforce an already formidable force there have dominated televisionscreens and the front pages of several newspapers in the last few weeks.

This underscores the Turkish military's hypersensitivity in recent days.  Earlier this week, Turkey accused the two U.S. F-16 fighter jets of violating its airspace, and demanded that it never happen again.

Although Turkey is preparing, their military is fearful "of a prolonged guerrilla war in the mountains of Kurdistan," which could only complicate the security situation in Iraq even further.

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[Tony]

"This underscores the Turkish military's hypersensitivity in recent days. Earlier this week, Turkey accused the two U.S. F-16 fighter jets of violating its airspace, and demanded that it never happen again."

ruh roh, if a quagmire can get more quagmir-ary, this may be it. The Turks are our "pals", the Kurds they want to attack helped us in the "Democratization" of Iraq. It probably would have made sense to gather a group of Middle Eastern History expert professors to explain the Middle East to Bush prior to the invasion.

But then again he had Barney, the Generals and Rumsfeld to school him...which have all been fired (except for Barney, he was just thrown on the ground for his input)