Seed of third world war? Turkey is ready to defy ‘anyone’ to fight Kurdish rebels ''when needed'': Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan
Rita Manekshaw
Oct. 27, 2007

Turkey is under heavy pressure from the United States, Iraq and other countries to refrain from a cross-border military offensive against Kurdish PKK rebels based in northern Iraq. Americans are trying to prevent an all out Turkish offensive on Northern Iraq. Iraq President, Talabani, a Kurd and supporter of PKK is up on arms with Turkey and wants America to prevent any Turkish infiltration into Northern Iraq. Even Iran has taken actions against Kurds to make sure Turkey does not infiltrate Iranian border.

"Whenever an operation is needed to be carried out, we will do that. We will not ask permission from anyone” says Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan while talking to a flag-waving crowd in the western city of Izmit.

He says Turkey will defend its strategic interests at any cost. The youngest member of NATO and EU, Turkey is ready to take on PKK.

US, EU and others are scrambling to pacify the matter. Oil is moving towards $100 a barrel because of the possible disruption of oil supplies from Northern Iraq.

PKK, the Kurdish rebels, are determined too. They do not plan to listen this time to Iraqi President Talabani. Eventually a political solution will be reached. The international debate is on if Iraqi and US led coalition force must disciple and somewhat neutralize the PKK infrastructure. This can potentially break all the loosely wired coalition in Iraqi Government too. The Kurds are not willing to see PKK crushed. The Sunnis and Shiites do not care what happens to PKK.

The US led coalition must control the situation. Turkish action will create turmoil in Iraq. In turn the whole are can blow up in a massive civil war. That can form the seed of the third world war.

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