Is that why he is trying to distract everyone by talking tough over Israel? DISTRACTION DISTRACTION DISTRACTION Turkey has recently killed a number of high profile PKK leaders with newly developed bunker-buster cruise missiles and it seems that this week's PKK raid which killed 25 soldiers was an act of retaliation. Turkey's government was happy to offer Kurdish language courses and television broadcasts but the PKK wanted more. The PKK and its sister Kurdish organisations submitted a roadmap to peace in December 2010. Among other things, their draft paper claimed that the root of all social injustice was the oppression of women in the hands of clever men and that the dichotomy of morality and legality should be avoided in public administration. The draft was met with anger and derision. Violence has been escalating ever since. Look at Erdogan's picture in the Turkish press. The expression on his face tells everything.
Saturday, 22 October 2011
They asked Ocalan to be freed and the southeast of Turkey to be given autonomy, complete
with its own defence forces (the PKK's military wing), revenue collection, courts, regional parliament, etc.
Turkish Forces Enter Iraq to Fight PKK
Friday, 21 October 2011
'"A large-scale land operation, backed by air strikes, has begun in five separate spots inside Turkey and across the border with 22 battalions," AFP quoted the Turkish military as announcing on Thursday.
The military added that the ground force included commando units as well as gendarmerie and special forces.
The offensive came after a deadly attack by PKK militants killed 26 Turkish security forces and injured 22 more in the southeastern province of Hakkari late Tuesday.
The militants had entered Turkey from the mountains of northern Iraq.'
Turkish forces enter Iraq to fight PKK Fri Oct 21, 2011 3:22AM GMT Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan (seen in this file photo) has confirmed the move by the military.
Turkish forces have entered northern Iraq to attack Kurdistan Workers' Party
(PKK) terrorists in retaliation for their killings of over two-dozen Turkish soldiers.
"A large-scale land operation, backed by air strikes, has begun in five separate spots inside Turkey and across the border with 22 battalions," AFP quoted the Turkish military as announcing on Thursday.
The military added that the ground force included commando units as well as gendarmerie and special forces.
The offensive came after a deadly attack by PKK militants killed 26 Turkish security forces and injured 22 more in the southeastern province of Hakkari late Tuesday.
The militants had entered Turkey from the mountains of northern Iraq.
"The air and land operation is under way," Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan told reporters right after the announcement by the Armed Forces.
"The operation is result-oriented," he added.
Turkish warplanes have bombed PKK strongholds in northern Iraq several times since August, killing between 145 and 160 of its members and operatives.
Turkey's airstrikes had threatened its relations with Iraq. Baghdad summoned Ankara's ambassador in August and demanded an immediate halt to the attacks after an Iraqi family of seven was killed by Turkish bombings in Iraq's northern Sulaimaniyah Province.
The PKK is listed as a terrorist organization by much of the international community, including Turkey, Iran, the European Union, and the United States.
Over 45,000 people have lost their lives since the PKK launched its armed campaign against Ankara in 1984 in quest for an independent state in southeastern Turkey.
PKK elements launch their terror attacks from Iraq's Qandil Mountains in areas under the control of Kurdistan Regional Government, led by President Massoud Barzani, where Israeli elements and institutions are also known to be operating.
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