"Editorial: Lessons in Turkey’s action in northern Iraq
As the war in Iraq led to the death of more innocent citizens on Tuesday, Turkish troops entered the Kurd homeland in northern Iraq in pursuit of Kurd rebels from Turkey. Since October this year, Ankara had been sounding dire warnings about Kurd rebels finding safe havens in Iraq with their fellow Kurds. Last week their ground artillery fire into the Kurdish northern Iraq escalated into air fire; and now the troops are on ground. The Iraqi government had appealed to Ankara to show patience but in Turkey a nationalist groundswell has compelled the Prime Minister, Mr Recep Erdogan, to give the go-ahead to the Turkish Army."
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