Turkish troops enter Iraq?
Turkish troops crossed into northern
Iraq early Wednesday to chase Kurdish guerrillas who attack Turkey from bases there, three Turkish security officials said. Turkey's foreign minister denied its troops had entered Iraq.
The senior security officials, speaking on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the media, characterized the raid as a "hot pursuit" raid that was limited in scope. They told The Associated Press it did not constitute the kind of large incursion that Turkish leaders have been discussing in recent weeks.
Any conflict between the Turks and Kurds would be a disaster, destroying the one partially stable part of Iraq. Plus, the US would be forced to take one side or the other, and either way would be very bad.
The Turkish government is denying it, but that doesn't mean much. Given the degree of independence of the military they may be acting on their own, and even if the government is aware they may prefer to pretend it isn't happening.
Jay