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JALU3 · 10-14-07, 07:40 PM

Turkish troops fire artillery into northern Iraq

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By VOA News
14 October 2007

Witnesses say the Turkish military has fired several shells into a northern Iraqi village, but no casualities were reported.
The shells hit late Saturday in a village near the Turkish border in Dahuk province.
Earlier Saturday two U.S. envoys, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Dan Fried and U.S. Undersecretary of Defense Eric Edelman, met with Turkish officials in a diplomatic effort to prevent a Turkish military incursion into northern Iraq. The U.S. diplomats promised they would remind the Iraqi government of Turkish concerns about Kurdish rebel activity in the region.
Turkey's government is seeking parliamentary approval this week for a military operation in northern Iraq. Ankara blames rebels based in Iraq for deadly attacks in southeastern Turkey.
The U.S. envoys told Turkish officials they would also work to ensure the U.S. Congress does not approve a resolution that labels the killing of Armenians by Ottoman Turks in the early 1900s as genocide.
Ankara has recalled its ambassador in Washington to protest the adoption of the resolution Wednesday by the foreign affairs committee of the House of Representatives. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and other officials say the measure will hurt bilateral relations. It was also opposed by the Bush administration.
Some information for this report was provided by AFP and Reuters.

bradclark1 · 10-14-07, 08:03 PM

They've been doing that for a long time, as well as small incursions. The worry about it now is the size.

JALU3 · 10-14-07, 08:09 PM

Just putting it out there as I have scene little stated about it. It's reported, but only in the background . . . and usually gets zero airtime on any regular news network.

bookworm_020 · 10-14-07, 09:22 PM

Fire over the border is not unsual, but if they do an armed incursion, it will have big implications.

10-14-07, 08:09 PM	#3
JALU3 Grey Wolf Join Date: May 2007 Location: 11SMS 98896 10565 Posts: 756 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Just putting it out there as I have scene little stated about it. It's reported, but only in the background . . . and usually gets zero airtime on any regular news network. __________________ "The Federation needs men like you, doctor. Men of conscience. Men of principle. Men who can sleep at night... You're also the reason Section Thirty-one exists -- someone has to protect men like you from a universe that doesn't share your sense of right and wrong." -Sloan, Section Thirty-One

10-14-07, 09:22 PM	#4
bookworm_020 Navy Seal Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Sinking ships off the Australian coast Posts: 5,966 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	Fire over the border is not unsual, but if they do an armed incursion, it will have big implications. __________________ "There is always one person in any organization who knows whats going on, That person must be fired"

10-14-07, 08:03 PM	#2
bradclark1 Ocean Warrior Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Connecticut, USA. Posts: 2,794 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 0	They've been doing that for a long time, as well as small incursions. The worry about it now is the size.