Turkish general says too early to speak on Iraq move

Source: Reuters

ANKARA, Oct 15 (Reuters) - A top Turkish general said on Monday it was too early to speak on the timing or scale of a possible operation against separatist Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq, for which parliament's approval will be sought this week.

Faced with an escalation in Kurdish separatist violence, Turkey's government has said it will request authorisation from parliament this week for a cross-border operation into Iraq.

The United States fears a major incursion to crush Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) guerrillas using the area to launch attacks into Turkey could destabilise the only relatively peaceful area of Iraq, and potentially the wider region.

Asked about the timing of a possible operation, deputy chief of the general staff, General Ergin Saygun, told reporters: "If this duty is assigned to us, we will look at the scale on which it will be carried out. It is not possible to say this right now."

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not to muck around in Iraq.

just to stir the pot ;)

Kurds are dug in deep and know the Iraqi side of the border while the Turks get spanked on thier own side probing the Kurds in Turkey;

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Thirteen Turkish soldiers were killed Sunday in an attack by Kurdish rebels from the separatist Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in the southeast of the country, the army said in a statement...
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http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=ll_358_1191836881

-quagmire rule is being studied by the Turks