What was Turkish troops doing during the Iraq war confict?
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PKK is a Kurdish (declared by the EU and US as) armed terrorist organisation aiming to create a Kurdish communist state on the area that is part of Turkey, Iraq, Syria, Iran, Armenia. They are mainly based in the northern Iraq no-fly-zone created by the US and UK after the 1990 gulf war, which also created a bargain weapons market. PKK's main source of income is (like other terrorist organisations) drug trafficking in Europe through (Afghanistan, Iran, Turkey, Greece, Germany, Benelux) about 1 million Kurds (mostly ex Turkish citizens) in Europe, donations, and extortion. \n\nWhenever PKK's activities increase in Turkey, the Turkish army runs a cross border operation to destroy their camps in Iraq. PKK targets Turkey's stability, peace, and international image by creating terror and chaos in the country. Turkish government is currently blaming US for allowing PKK operate freely in north Iraq.\n\nRef: PKK behind minibus bombing that killed 1 British, 1 Irish, 3 Turkish tourists in Kusadasi (near Ephessus, mother Mary's house).\nhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4690181.stm\n\nTurkish agents captured PKK leader in Greek embassy which was proving shelter to him in Kenya. He was holding Greek-Cypriot passport though he was on Interpol's red list.\nhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/280622.stm\n\nhttp://internettrash.com/users/pkk/a-trialDAY-2.html\n\nLatest build up at the Iraqi border.\nhttp://www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/article.php?enewsid=41571
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No NO NO--it was world war 1, and the TURKS WERE SURROUNDED and were at WAR with Armenians and Russians-----Turks lost thousands of troops AND civillians.  Genocide is when a group is killed sysematically by government order and IS not applicabe here at all.  War is war. Get it straight!
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Go to Iraq. Their country is stuffed up and they need your help.
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Shiites backed by Iran, after they eliminate the Sunnis, they will turn for the Kurds. The Kurds are sitting on the oil fields. There will be your war for oil!
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The operation was Called Operation Iraqi Freedom, that should explain a lot.  We were looking for WMDs that we knew should have been there and the other purpose was to rid the country of Saddam Hussein's regime.
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THE IDEA IS TO KEEP THEM OUT OF THE HANDS OF COUNTRIES THAT ARE UNSTABLE.SOME COUNTRIES CHANGE LEADERSHIP FOUR X IN A TWO YEAR PERIOD.IF IRAQ HAS THEM WHO CONTROLS THEM ? SUNNIS KURDS. IT HAS TO STOP OR WE'LL BE IN W.W.III IN A HEARTBEAT.
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The reason is that Turkey brought thousands of Turks in Cyprus as settlers. The results has bee for the T/Cypriots to be a minority in the occupied areas of Cyprus. The settlers were given voting rights by the occupation army dilluting the will of the T/cypriots. The Turkish army also gave stolen properties to these settlers when many T/C refugees from the south were given less or nothing. I believe that the T/cypriot dislike the Turks because they share nothing in common culturally.
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Turkey has been occupied by the Turks since about 1200 AD. The Turks were fearsome warriors who also conquered southern Europe, the Middle East, Egypt, Tunis, Libya and Algeria. Their empire, The Ottoman Empire, lasted until the end of WW1, when it fell apart. The British and the French occupied most of its territories. Turkey itself went through a revolution inspired by the army, and Ataturk established Turkey as a modern country with a modern, secular constitution.\nTurkey has always been a Muslim country. However, the state is adamantly secular, which creates great tension in Turkish society. Turkey has significant problems with certain minorities such as the Kurds, and the Greeks and Turks hate each other.\nTurkey is very mountainous and scenic. Turks are quite open to Americans and travel there is safe and inexpensive. Just don't violate the drug laws!
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No, and for those who think it did, please cite which "International Laws" were broken.\n\nClearly there were numerous UN resolutions that authorized the use of force against Iraq for their violations of the resolutions.
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Unilateral acts committed by Armenia? The invasion of Azerbaijan: the Nagorno-Karabakh war of 1991.
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In Turkey there are all kind of jobs:\nPeople in Turkey work for example as butches, farmers, managers, waiters, teachers, officers, cooks, shop assistants, secretaries, bargage men, lawyers, singers, prostitutes, politicians, accountants, gardeners, fishers, ...\nand many many more!!
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it is still going on now what do you think we are doing in iraq and afganistan .
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Yes I have heard of them, they live in northern Iraq and Turkey, but I know very little about them other then they seem friendly to the United States.
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No, right now, they are having trouble in Iraq, because they can't tell their enemies from their allies.  No technology can do that.
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Arcane are you  crazy?  Their are a lot more modernized middle eastern countries that Iraq.  I have been to a couple different countries and I saw nothing that even Iraq.  You need to know what you are talking about before you start saying stuff like that.  One other thing I want to tell you about.  If the Iraqis didn't want us there all they had to do is run us out,  but they are going through what we did  in our civil war, Losing life's, homes, family and what not they know that it is a necessary evil but most of them are ready for a change.  There have been more business open up in the last year than any other year in their history.  Soon as they can show that their military is able and willing we will be out but no sooner.  It would be a disgrace to the US and its people if we left now and let total hell rain down upon them.
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The war was over Iraq invading Kuwait in August of 1990.  Saudi Arabia thought they would be next and invited countries to defend them against attack.  American had been protecting Kuwaiti oil tankers with our Navy for 10 years, so we had a basis for standing up for them.  The WORLD knew what Saddam did was wrong, and even Syria was on our side.  Only the Palestinians and the Jordanians supported Saddam.  We send hundreds of thousands of troops from all of the world, to Saudi Arabia to set up a massive invasion force.  Then we started bombing in late 1990 and then invaded with the ground force in January 1991.  Iraq sued for peace in less than 100 hours, because we kicked the living snot out of them.\n\nThe United Nations resolution that authorized the war was only for the liberation of Kuwait and not for the removal of the government of Iraq, this is why we did not go to Baghdad and take out Saddam then.  There was also concern that the country would go into civil war, Kind like now!!!
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I don't believe that two separate countries is the best solution, especially considering that there are 3 major groups within Iraq that need to be taken into consideration (the Sunni's, Shiite's and the Kurds). A three state (as opposed to three country) solution might be workable but it would involve either going to war with Turkey or somehow managing to get Turkey to peacefully co-exist with a Kurdish state on its border; a serious issue considering their severe repression of their own Kurdish minority. If Iran and Syria are brought into the fold and are allowed to help quell the violence then that would be a beneficial way to start, but the problem is that it is more than likely that one or both will want something in return for their participation and assistance in helping secure Iraq.\nA three state solution also has other issues, relocation of Shiite's and Sunni's into their newly formed states would be a difficult task, as would the working of the govt. Oil and division of oil profits btw the three states would also have to be worked out.\nBut even with all the issues that must be worked thru, a three state solution with the participation of surrounding nations is the quickest and most viable in the long term. Even if there is a need for a UN presence in the country for a period.