Iran and Turkey Prepare for War in Iraqi Kurdistan

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Iran and Turkey Prepare for War in Iraqi Kurdistan
Turkish and Iranian air units as well as armored, paratroop,
special operations and artillery forces are poised for
an imminent coordinated invasion of the northern Iraq

DEBKAfile Exclusive Military Report
September 24, 2006, 5:58 PM (GMT+02:00)

A new Middle East war is in the offing. DEBKAfile’s exclusive military sources in Iraq and sources in Iran reveal that Turkish and Iranian air units as well as armored, paratroop, special operations and artillery forces are poised for an imminent coordinated invasion of the northern Iraqi autonomous province of Kurdistan.

Our sources pinpoint the target of the combined Iranian-Turkish offensive as the Quandil Mountains (see picture), where some 5,000 Kurdish rebels from Turkey and Iran, members of the PKK and PJAK respectively, are holed up. Iranian and Turkish assault troops are already deployed 7-8 km deep inside Iraqi territory.

Turkey to the northwest and Iran to the east both have Kurdish minorities which have been radicalized by the emergence of Iraqi Kurdistan in the last three years. The three contiguous Kurdish regions form a strategic world hub.http://www.debka.com/article.php?aid=1214

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Some background

Iran and Turkey fire salvo over Iraq
May 13, 2006

DAMASCUS - Both Turkey and Iran have been launching military raids into northern Iraq against a Kurdish paramilitary group that is based there, posing a dangerous new threat to stability both within Iraq and to the region.
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/HE13Ak03.html

Kurds flee homes as Iran shells Iraq's northern frontier
Friday August 18, 2006

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.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,,1852843,00.html

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