US weapons being used by Northern Iraqi terrorists

This is what happens when you arm guerrilla groups in an unstable country -- those weapons have a tendency to reach enemy hands:

Turkey's ambassador to Washington said Wednesday that U.S. weapons havebeen turning up in the hands of Kurdish guerrillas staging attacks in Turkey .

Nabi Sensoy said that the United States  is not doing enough to influence Kurdish politicians in key positions in the Iraqi government to crack down on the Kurdistan Workers Party or PKK ,which has been fighting for an independent Kurdistan within Turkey fordecades. He said that Turkey has been pressing the United States toensure that U.S. weapons supplied to Kurdish forces within the Iraqiarmy are not funneled to the PKK.

Just a little background on the PKK.  They are a militant political party located in Northern Iraq that favors Kurdish independence.  Because of their extreme tactics, such as violence against civilians in Turkey, the Pentagon has tried to distinguish most Kurdish groups with the PKK.  In fact, the US shares intelligence regarding the PKK with the Turkish government.

However, according to a former Pentagon employee, the Kurdish Democratic Party, which has its supporters in the Pentagon, has been selling arms to the PKK.

So yes, those weapons get around.  This is an ugly, ugly war.