Nine killed in Turkey

[Brian4Liberty]

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-rt-us-turkey-pkkbre89j04m-20121020,0,2849093.story

DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (Reuters) - Nine people were killed in separate clashes overnight, including six members of Turkey's security forces and three Kurdish militants, officials said on Saturday, as violence showed little sign of a letup in Turkey's troubled southeast.

Three special forces police officers and three Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militants were killed when gunbattles broke out along a highway in the remote province of Hakkari bordering Iraq and Iran, security sources said.

In a separate incident in Bitlis province northwest of Hakkari, three state-backed Kurdish village guards were killed when clashes broke out between PKK militants around 30 km from the provincial capital, the governor's office said.

One Turkish soldier and three village guards were also wounded. Village guards are part of a local state-backed force that operates in towns and villages in eastern and southeastern Turkey where PKK militants are most active.

 

[torchbearer]

the battle for kurdistan begin?
u.s. sales weapons to both sides, send troops to guide each side to keep it going as long as possible.

 

[Brian4Liberty]

the battle for kurdistan begin?
u.s. sales weapons to both sides, send troops to guide each side to keep it going as long as possible.

It's certainly continuing. Been going on for a long time, with success in Iraq, and very likely to be successful in Syria soon.

Would these people want to merge together into a Greater Kurdistan? Who knows? No doubt western business interests would like a single entity, with a single leader. Easier to do business with one person, or a small group of people (i.e. Shah of Iran, early Saddam, House of Saud, etc.). Send in the Economic Hitmen...

 

[Pericles]

Will be really interesting, ans we could have very good relations with the Kurds if we don't do what the State Department and Washington usually do.

 

[Brian4Liberty]

Will be really interesting, ans we could have very good relations with the Kurds if we don't do what the State Department and Washington usually do.

Lol, I think that says it all, and we know how this will go.