Turkish affair.Part 2

A very old and stubborn affair is once more affecting the already strained crude prices..THE TURKISH AFFAIR... Turkey has fought the PKK, which seeks political autonomy for Kurds in Turkey's southeast, for two decades at the cost of almost 40,000 lives...why carry on....the reason is that Turkey
are also after the Iraq crude ...Turkish soldiers backed by an artillery bombardment crossed the border into northern Iraq for the first time in 11 years to battle Kurdish militants, an incursion that threatens the stability of the neighboring country.
The troops moved into Iraq at 7 p.m. yesterday, the army said in a statement on its Web site today. The army didn't say how many troops are involved in the operation. Istanbul-based NTV television said today that 10,000 Turkish soldiers moved 10 kilometers (6 miles) inside Iraq.
Kurdish-dominated northern Iraq is one of the only stable areas of the country and Iraqi Prime Minister had tried to talk Turkey out of an attack out of concern that it could lead to clashes with local Kurdish militiamen. Kurds make up 20 percent of Turkey's population and the country's pro-Kurdish political party has strongly opposed any attack. It's unlikely the PKK can be defeated in one strike !!!
Turkey began air attacks to destroy camps of the Kurdistan Workers' Party or PKK in the mountains of northern Iraq in December.The U.S. is also to blame for this situation since they provided the Turkish military with intelligence to track down PKK units.
Turkey carried out major incursions into northern Iraq in 1995, with almost 40,000 troops, and in 1997, with tens of thousands. Turkey's parliament on Oct. 17 passed a resolution authorizing the government to send in troops to attack about 4,000 PKK militants in the region.
The Turks should look internally as they have over 15 million ethnic Kurds who live in the country and not use the PKK as a excuss to invade Iraq...
The Kurdish administration governing northern Iraq, has warned Turkey against sending troops across the border saying Iraqi Kurds will exercise their right to defend their territory.

Turkish troops plan to withdraw from Iraq in the shortest possible time,once PKK targets have been hit, the military said in its statement. The army will take the necessary measures to avoid civilian casualties, it said.
About 30 million Kurds live in the mountainous regions of Iran, Iraq, Syria and Turkey, making them the Middle East's largest ethnic group without a state. An Iranian Kurdish wing of the PKK, the Party for Free Life in Kurdistan.
As long as Turkey maintains this military presence in Iraq they should not be allowed to be part of the EEC for the next ten years...