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Report: Turkey Considers Invading Northern Iraq

HeadlineJan 29, 2007

Al Jazeera is reporting Turkey’s Parliament recently went into secret session to debate sending troops to invade and occupy Kurdish-controlled areas of northern Iraq. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan recently said Turkey could not remain indifferent to the plight of the Turkmen and Arabs in Kirkuk. On Sunday, Kirkuk was hit with a pair of car bombings. At least 17 people died, and 30 more were injured.

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