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2007-05-24 Iraq

Turkish General: Many NATO Members Supporting PKK

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Posted by Pappy 2007-05-24 00:23|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [11131 views ] Top

#1 Baloney! PKK gets a cut of those not so secret tanker truck oil trade with Turkey.

And I seem to remember 30 troop laden US military vessels being stuck in the Mediterrean, as our nominal NATO "ally" denied a Northern Front against the Saddam dictatorship.

Posted by Sneaze 2007-05-24 05:59|| 2007-05-24 05:59|| Front Page Top

#2 I wish we were that ruthless.

Posted by Mike 2007-05-24 06:42|| 2007-05-24 06:42|| Front Page Top

#3 "Who feeds terrorist groups? Who's behind them?"

The Kurds you're opressing in Turkey? My sympathy meter's broken till the Turks lose as many troops to the Kurds as we've lost in Iraq.

Al

Posted by Frozen Al 2007-05-24 11:40|| 2007-05-24 11:40|| Front Page Top

#4 I'd be willing to bet that Iran has their fingers in the PKK mess far more than most European nations. Don't look for grand conspiracies when the simplest and easiest solution stares you in the face. Iran wants to destabilize the entire muddled east, so they can gain as much clout as possible even before they go nuke. Frankly, a few "work accidents" aren't enough - Iran needs to suddenly develop some HUGE US-inflicted bootprints across their military, nuclear, and import/export infrastructures.

Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot 2007-05-24 14:59|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/] 2007-05-24 14:59|| Front Page Top

#5 Boston-Irish funded the IRA. I have no doubt German Kurds are funding the PKK. Turkey should consider sanctions or bombing Germany, perhaps security council sanctions. They have the right. If they think that would be against their best interests perhaps they should shut the f up.

Posted by rjschwarz 2007-05-24 16:51|| 2007-05-24 16:51|| Front Page Top

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