Turkey and Iran Shell Iraqi Kurdistan

Haven't seen this reported yet in the U.S. media, haven't seen any comments from Bush or Condi either. I suppose when it spirals out of control they will tell us no one saw it coming. From The Guardian Kurds flee homes as Iran shells Iraq's northern frontier Michael Howard in Qandil Mountain Friday August 18, 2006 The Guardian Turkey and Iran have dispatched tanks, artillery and thousands of troops to their frontiers with Iraq during the past few weeks in what appears to be a coordinated effort to disrupt the activities of Kurdish rebel bases. Scores of Kurds have fled their homes in the northern frontier region after four days of shelling by the Iranian army. Local officials said Turkey had also fired a number of shells into Iraqi territory. From Kurdishaspect.com Turkey and Iran Shelling Kurdish areas Sunday August 13, 2006 (Kurdishaspect.com) - Awene has reported that Turkey and Iran have started shelling PKK hideouts inside Iraqi Kurdistan. The artillery shells started whistling down from Iran and Turkey early this Sunday morning pounding the Villages, blowing apart their homes and livestock in the towns of Khnera, Lolan and Khwakoork. Hundreds of Kurds had to flee their homes. Meanwhile Turkey and Iran’s government are amassing thousands of troops along the Iraqi border. According to the Turkish online newspaper Zaman, the number of Turkish troops deployed in the country’s south-east near the Iraqi border has recently been increased to 200,000. Some analysts say that besides sealing off their borders to the guerrillas, both Iran and Turkey may be trying to intimidate Iraqi Kurds. The Iranians and Turks fear Kurdish success in creating an autonomous region in northern Iraq, and the prosperity of their enclave could encourage their own Kurdish minorities The Kurdistan region is the most stable and prosperous area in Iraq. Kurdish inhabited lands include Iraq, Iran, Turkey and Syria.