Did Turkey Just Invade Iraq To Protect Erdogan’s ISIS Oil Smuggling Routes?
by Tyler Durden
ZeroHedge.com
12/05/2015
As you may recall, Turkey’s military entered Iraq back in September in hot pursuit of PKK “terrorists” Ankara claimed had fled over the border. And that was just par for the proverbial course. Here’s what we said at the time:
In early 2008, Turkish soldiers entered Iraq in a similar effort to eradicate the PKK. “Operation Sun”, as the incursion was called, was conducted with Washington’s blessing for the most part. “Washington described the PKK as a ‘common enemy’, and only urged Ankara to keep its incursion short and closely focused,” BBC noted at the time, adding that “the positions of the UN and EU have been similar, suggesting a degree of sympathy with Turkey’s cause.”
And then there was “Operation Steel” in 1995. And “Operation Hammer” in 1997.” And “Operation Dawn.” And the aplty named “Operation Northern Iraq.”
You get the idea.
So while history doesn’t repeat itself, it damn sure rhymes and here we are again watching as the Turkish military crosses the Iraqi border as though it’s not even there chasing “terrorists” up into the mountains.
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