U.S. angered over Turkish attack in Iraq

Source: MSNBC

U.S. military commanders in Iraq didn't know Turkey was sending warplanes into northern Iraq until the planes had already crossed the border, The Associated Press has learned.

Americans have been providing Turkey with intelligence to go after Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq, and a "coordination center" has been set up in Ankara so Turks, Iraqis and Americans can share information, two officials said Tuesday.

But commanders and diplomats in Baghdad were angered when they were told of Sunday's attack after it was already under way, defense and diplomatic officials said in Washington and Baghdad.

They spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak on the record.

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Hah! Yesterday I swear I heard they were spinning it as the U.S. gave approval. No wonder Condi was there today! Wonder if she was wearing her stompin' boots?

You with me DUH-bya? :woohoo:

Don't want an incident where a US warplane shoots down a warplane from a NATO ally because nobody warned the pilot a bunch of warplanes were rolling in from the north.

According to my Turkish roommate and her friends, the U.S. isn't popular in Turkey.

An accidental shoot-down wouldn't go over very well. I'm sure that many would regard it as an accident on purpose.


What a mess.

The US has satellites focused all over the ME.

There is just no way the Turks would have risked those planes without prior approval.

But then again, the N Koreans sneaked the USS Pueblo all the way around the Korean peninsula and up the river to Pyongyang right under our noses.

December 19, 2007

by Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson and Michele Norris
... The U.S. has recently begun sharing intelligence with Turkey to pinpoint guerrilla positions ...

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Rice Visits Kirkuk as Turkish Army Stages Incursion
... Turkey said Sunday's attack used U.S. intelligence and was carried out with tacit U.S. approval ...

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=17371525

a Turkey shoot ? :shrug:

in the first place and causing all of the instability in the region. So america should just STFU. IMHO