Turkey Invades Iraq

Yesterday from Reutuers:

Turkey said on Wednesday it had no plans at present to send troops into northern Iraq to crush Kurdish rebels there, but it indicated this remained an option in the future.

The future is now. Today, from Turkey's official Cihan news agency:

Turkish army launches massive offensive in SE Turkey

Turkish army has launched one of the largest military offensives in the past few years against the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) terrorists in the eastern and southeastern parts of the country.

The operation, involving about 50,000 troops and backed by armored vehicles and combat aircrafts, is targeting the PKK terrorists in 11 provinces in southeastern Turkey, namely Mardin, Sirnak, Siirt, Diyarbakir, Tunceli, Bitlis, Bingol, Agri, Hakkari, Van and Mus, and also northern Iraq.

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