Clashes kill 12 Turkish Troops, 23 Kurds


	Clashes kill 12 Turkish Troops, 23 Kurds

pokkets

10-21-2007 10:52 AM

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turkey, kurds, iraq, soldiers, guerilla

pokkets says:

George Bush said it was not in Turkeys interests to send in more troops. I wonder if he knows where Turkey is. Somewhere around Greece?

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10-21-2007 12:44 PM

raven714

Bush thinks Turkey is what you eat on Thanksgiving day.
Here is his quote!
" uh "
Somewhere in the twilight zone !

10-21-2007 1:29 PM

abailart

Syria is backing Turkey. They equally have a long running fear of an independent Kurdistan.

12-6-2007 4:53 PM

dialoghaber

they are not guerillas but terrorists.

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