Another front?

Turkish general says can hit Kurd rebels in Iraq

A top Turkish general on Saturday reaffirmed Ankara's right under international law to send troops into northern Iraq to crush Turkish Kurdish rebels hiding there if it saw fit. The comments by General Ilker Basbug, head of Turkey's land forces, came as Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki urged all neighbouring countries, including Turkey, attending a conference in Baghdad to settle their regional disputes through dialogue. "Turkey can always take measures against the terrorist organisation in northern Iraq if our military needs require it ... under international law," Basbug told reporters in Diyarbakir, largest city in Turkey's mainly Kurdish southeast. His hints at military action were not new but their timing reflects Turkish military fears of an upswing in violence by the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) as spring arrives.

No not new. I commented on this before. But even though we have heard it before, it is still disturbing and scary - another front, another enemy? If Turkey invades Northern Iraq and mistakenly injures some of our troops, will W bomb the crap out of Turkey (as he has threatened to do to Iran)?