Breaking news

At least 20 children among 51 confirmed dead after Oklahoma tornado

Kurdish threat makes Turkey flip flop on Iran

October 21, 2011 11:57

Iran has agreed to help Turkey fight Kurdish rebels in Northern Iraq. The decision struck by senior officials on both sides shows that Ankara’s recent decision to move away from Tehran in favor of greater Western alignment might have been premature.

View full story

Comments (4) Sort by: highest rating oldest first newest first

Murat 10.11.2011 05:26

Please dont comment on something you dont know. Kurds will always have to live under Turkey. The country cannot be divided into parts. Turkey is a democratic country and everyone has equal rights like in US. So if you dont wanna accept your identity, go find yourself a different place because we wont let you divide the country.

0

Undo

yaridanjo 24.10.2011 07:17

The Iraq war is lost and the Kurds are an indigenous&n bsp;people who are on the losing side.  Their host countries& nbsp;will use the incursion, valid or false flag - it matters not, to decimate their populatio n.  This may begin in earnest  ;after the USA vacates Iraq.  The current incursion of Turkish forces are just a 'reconnaissance  ;in force'.

0

Undo

Warren Peace 22.10.2011 14:20

Turkey aggressively invades Kurdistan Iraq in response to military  attacks by  Kurdish freedom fighters and the world is silent. No loudly voiced condemnations by world leaders, no UN resolutions demanding that Turkey stop it’s aggressive behavior and begin negotiations with the Kurds and very little media attention regarding the issue.
And yet,  when Israel responds to hundreds of rockets being fired upon it’s civilian population, and where innocent Israeli civilians are murdered and bombed by Palestinian terrorists there are vociferous condemnations and violent demonstrations against Israel by the Muslim world. Numerous UN resolutions are promulgated against Israel along with loud calls by Moslems for the complete destruction of the Israeli state. 
The great hypocrisy is that one of the loudest voices against Israel is Turkish Prime MinisterRecep Erdogan, the man who ordered the attacks on Kurdistan.  The Kurds want to create an independent nation state that would encompass a geo-cultural region that spans Iraq, Turkey and Iran where the Kurds form a prominent majority.  Historically, the Kurds have a shared and unique culture, language and national identity, unlike the Palestinian who do not have a unique language, culture and national identity and who considered themselves a part of Syria, Jordan and the Arab world until 1967 when they called for a Palestinian state following their defeat in the Arab-Israeli war
Where is the moral equivalence in this matter?  If anything, Turkey’s latest incursion against the Kurds shows the true color of Turkey, the Moslem states, and their allies: “Do as I say and not as I do”. 

0

Undo

Nay Lin Maung 22.10.2011 02:44

Some time in the future, all of these countries Turke y, Iran, Syria, and Iraq have to come one table to talk about the future of the Kurd people.   They [Turkey, Iran, Syria and Iraq] all have to do it.    T hey [Turkey, Iran, Syria and Iraq]cannot fight liked this.    They [Turkey, Iran, Syria and Iraq] have to come out some solutions or some plan how to make things are better for both parties like Kurd people and Arab people and Turkey people and Iran people to live side by side.   I am not forcing to do right now. It is long-term process to do it for all member states as well as the leadership of the Kurd people too.    

0

Undo

Add comment

By posting your comment, you agree to abide by our Posting rules

Log in to comment in full, or comment anonymously under character-limit restriction.

100 Text

– required fields

Register or

Name

Password

Show password

Register

or Register

Request a new password

Send

or Register

To complete a registration check
your Email:

or Register

A password has been sent to your email address

Edit profile

Name

New password

Retype new password

Current password

Save

Cancel

Follow us