Iranians Gain From Crisis Over PKK Attacks on Turkey (Update1)

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Source: Bloomberg

Oct. 24 (Bloomberg) -- Iran may reap a political bonanza from increased tensions between Turkey and the U.S. sparked by Kurdish guerrilla attacks on Turkish forces near the border with Iraq.

Iran's radical Islamic government, eager to expand its regional influence and resist U.S. efforts to isolate it, is wooing the Turks by showcasing its bombardment of the camps of Kurdish fighters along its border, according to experts on the region.

The Iranians draw a pointed contrast between their willingness to act and what Turks see as a failure by the U.S. and its Iraqi partners to move against other Kurdish camps in northern Iraq.

"Iranians are realizing the lack of U.S. action is creating a massive amount of anger against the U.S. in Turkey,'' said Soner Cagaptay, who heads the Turkish studies program at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy. ``It's an incredible opportunity for Iran, which the Iranians have used so smartly, driving a wedge between Turkey and the United States.''

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1. Iran to Turkey: "Hey! I'll help you crush the Kurds!" Turkey: "OK!"

:nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke:

[Renew Deal]

2. Bushco never really understood how to do politics.

And this was a political problem.

[Supersedeas]

3. alleged US support for the MEK now turns to Bush proposing to bomb these groups

the collateral damage of Bush's pre-emptive war strategery continues to escalate -- as planned probably.

[lovuian]

4. I thought it was so hypocritical that Bush volunteered to bomb

the Kurds his only Ally in Iraq