Turkish Troops Enter Northern Iraq

Michael C. Moynihan | June 6, 2007

According to the AP, Ankara has made good on its promise to cross the Kurdistan border in pursuit of PKK guerrillas:

Several thousand Turkish troops crossed into northern Iraq early Wednesday to chase Kurdish guerrillas who operate from bases there, Turkish security officials told The Associated Press.

Two senior security officials, speaking on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the media, said the raid was limited in scope and that it did not constitute the kind of large incursion that Turkish leaders have been discussing in recent weeks.

In September 2006 Michael Totten wondered if "freedom could flower in Iraqi Kurdistan."