June 07, 2007

Big Turkey incursion in Iraq would be US nightmare - MSNBC Wire Services - MSNBC.com

Big Turkey incursion in Iraq would be US nightmare - MSNBC Wire Services - MSNBC.com: "WASHINGTON - A large-scale invasion of Northern Iraq by Turkish forces would be a nightmare for the United States and could destabilize the one part of the country that is relatively calm, analysts said Thursday.

A Web site report Wednesday that 50,000 Turkish troops poured into Northern Iraq to fight Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) guerrillas set off alarms in Washington, where U.S. officials scurried to try to find out what, if anything, had happened.

While Turkish, U.S. and Iraqi officials denied any major incursion had taken place, a military source said Turkish troops conducted a limited raid across the mountainous border." Read complete post here.