Turks Pull Back Two Armored Divisions
DEBKAfile’s military sources report that Sunday, Oct. 14, the divisions withdrew from positions they held opposite the Iraqi Kurdish towns of Zakho and Dahuk ready to go after PKK Kurdish rebel sanctuaries. They retired to bases in the southeastern n Turkish provinces of Hakkri and Siranak, apparently in response to US pressure on the Erdogan government to refrain from a large-scale invasion of northern Iraq.
In their place, DEBKAfile’s sources report, a fleet of at least 75 helicopters is deployed indicating that the Turkish army has switched its tactics to commando drops over PKK strongholds in the Matin and Kandil mountains of northwest Iraqi Kurdistan should Kurdish terror strikes continue.
Ankara and Washington received warnings from Iraqi Kurdish leaders Saturday and Sunday that the peshmerga will come out and fight if Turkish troops do indeed push 40 km across the border, capturing Zakho and Dahuk and reaching the outskirts of Irbil.
DEBKAfile
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Maybe Condi’s not so dumb as people think she is.
October 14th, 2007 at 7:35 pmDefinitely not
October 14th, 2007 at 8:38 pmThank you Condi! Especially for undoing the Democrats BS strategy.
October 14th, 2007 at 9:16 pmLftBhndAgn, I was going to say something similar, democrats foiled, again.
October 15th, 2007 at 3:15 amWho’s calling her dumb? Just the champions of name calling and character assasination, the Democrats and thier media lackeys.
October 15th, 2007 at 6:24 am