bDaedal4ever,
I don’t agree my friend, this issue is heating up, the whole Kurd and Marsh Arab situation is potentially more explosive in the middle east than the
Jewish Palestine Problem and the Shia Sunni conflict.
I say this as you pointed out there are many factions to this issue, and it drags in most of the major players in the area, and indeed yesterday seems
to have spread terrorism to turkey, for the first time in years.
The Kurds and Marsh Arab issue involves and brings to conflict, Syria, Turkey, Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Oman etc.
Basically the entire region is at an impasse with this issue, its not clear cut like you support the Zionists or the Palestinians, or Sunni or Shia,
you could be an Arab supporting the Arab cause but also wanting to fight one faction of many from the Kurdish Groups.
We must also remember that Northern Iraq has been fairly stable since the invasion of Iraq, with little of the carnage as seen in southern Iraq. If
this stable area in Iraq, maybe the only hope for the future in the country goes up in flames it truly could start all out civil war in Iraq. It could
be the main issue that would, as shown in my first post, and in the sources below, draw in players to the conflict that even could eventually lead to
Russia's involvement (look at a map and the pacts with Iran etc) even if only in covert operations.
The potential with Turkey, Iran, Syria, America, UK all in close proximity, with very unclear demarcation of sides, and who is who, who is the enemy
could soo easily lead to a big F**ck up. I really can see the potential that for example an Iranian shell landed on coalition forces by accident.
The potential for mistakes and quickly overreacting action spiraling out of control is very real here. Think friendly fire! never mind when you
don’t know who the enemy is!
STANBUL, Turkey (AP) — Turkish warplanes attacked Kurdish rebels in Iraq's north on Tuesday, killing a group of guerrillas gathered at a
mountain cave, the military said.
Firat News, a pro-Kurdish news agency, said the bombing was immediately followed by shelling by Iranian forces. Turkey's military has said Turkey and
Iran at times coordinate strikes against Kurdish rebels who use bases in northern Iraq as a springboard for attacks on their countries.
Blood On The Streets Bombs in Turkey
Late Sunday evening, two bombs exploded in a busy pedestrian-only street in the working class neighbourhood of Gungoren in the heart of Istanbul. A
total of 17 people were killed and over 150 injured.
However as usual though there is spin, did the PKK carry it out? I would be surprised it seems more like Al queada or covert superpowers to me wanting
to destabalise the region.
Who Did It?
But the PKK has denied involvement. And the group doesn't usually target civilians, some analysts point out, noting that the working-class
neighborhood of Gungoren is populated by Kurds as well as Turks. "It could be a retaliatory attack by the PKK," says Deniz Ulke Aribogan, an
international relations professor at Bahcesehir University. "But this doesn't really fit into the PKK's general strategy. PKK attacks are usually
in rural areas and target security forces, rather than directed at a broad public in the city."
If there is a US pullout I fear that this will allow both Iran and Turkey to invade northern Iraq to "secure" their borders and security.
Deepening the lines of difference being propagated in the middle east, I personally believe it would take away the small slither of hope we have for
the Arab Israeli problem.
Syria would then truly be in a awkward situation, the US cant stop turkey from doing this, as we need them to conduct operations in the area,
strategically, this is the hidden smoking gun of any world war escalation or deepening conflict.
Kind Regards,
Elf.
[edit on 2-8-2008 by MischeviousElf]
[edit on 2-8-2008 by MischeviousElf]
