http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080229/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_turkey
If it is true, there will be questions of course:
-is PKK finished now?
-is withdrawing related to usa's demand? (I thought , one of the objective was to tell usa 'we could do it despite their opposition)
-are we closer to 'the solution' now?

i think withdrawing is not related USA's demand...but it could be related what Bulent Ersoy said on TV

My answer is

1-NO
2-YES
3-NO

we want to see the neo-liberals in the area of Northern Iraq.

it's very easy to dogmatize and to bark "PEACE-DIALOGUE-HUMAN RIGHTS" in about 23 C temperature room and sitting in front of a computer.

governing a country not an easy mission friends,sure it wasn't a fix just was one of the necessary of to be country with goods and bads,sure with many sadness...Pity always not possible to keep peace with only wishes or flowers and if only could be..

need urgent policies for to be a real nation by keeping cultural diversities of ethnicites side by side...

Now Turkey Army will withdrow without -what they promised the Turkish to finlize- hehehe... (( mere lie on poor people)) or (( mere cheating playing with devilish nationalistic hat))
the other news is your dear colleague (( Chemical Ali )) who was responsible of killing 5000 Kurds with Chemical weapons will be excuted soon (even I don't agree with excuting any human kind), but you should learn this is the game between the people killers, they are inviting for blood and those who are so glad with Turkish Army action in Iraq you are in the same side with those blood thirsty gangsters.

So will this be considered their 26 mission..I don't understand what was the point.. :-S

image!
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/02/29/europe/turkey.php

Turkey just embarrassed itself and only showed those terrorists that the country is powerless against them.

Sui, that's what I think. Why do you disagree? What is your conclusion from this conflict?

Turkia conducted a military excursion into Iraq. Announcements before the excursion were,

1. It was only against PKK. The Iraqi civilians would not be targeted.
2. Turkia had no intention for a long term invasion of Iraq and that the excursion would be kept limited and timewise short.

No announcements were made as to what exactly was expected to be achieved by this operation. It was clear however that the effort was a part of Turkish determination to destroy terrorism. Most PKK bases now gone, 80% of terrorists who did not escape killed, the area totally surveyed for the next operation, Barzani and Talabani shown to be what they really are in terms of any resistance to the Turkish Army, minimal casualties suffered - this operation is a success story.

Turkish promises to Iraqi people were kept (So are my promises to Canli). As far as I am concerned all tactical and strategical targets for the moment must have been achieved. Turkish high command have been in this business long enough, they know what they are doing.. It could not have been rational to assume all PKK members in the area would be cleaned, as it is well known that PKK runs South like rabbits when pressed.

This is as humane as Turkia will get towards terrorists. With the physical experience and the full geographical knowledge of the area Army gained in this operation, North Iraq is now far from being a safe heaven for PKK. PKK must also have realised by now that Peshmerge were too smart to back PKK against the Turkish Army.

Despite harsh weather conditions, most PKK bases necessary for survival of KANDIL are destroyed. Next ball may well be in Kandil, when it gets warmer... We shall see what surprises summer holds for PKK.

If I were PKK, I would be smarter than to believe my problems are over. Military excursions are not the only signals Turkia is currently giving out, and summer is only three months away. Peaceful options are possible - but never if PKK terrorism continues..

PKK terrorism will be eradicated, no matter what it takes. Peace may only then prevail.

But there's also people living where the turkish army makes it's war, and we really don't like (read=fear) their presence.

it's very easy for the cats to dogmatize and to criticize everything in the cradles without being in the events.

well, i don't care. habits become your character as M. Gandhi says..

if basic characters make big shadows in a place, the sun has a difficulty to emerge from the clouds just like in this site.

This cat is definitely not a strange cat, Adonis. She may be much closer to this part of the world then you imagine.

Her tail has obviously been stepped on before, and is still in pain. You can hear the cries of raw hatred.

When you cant insult....you can not converse, anyway.
I can do both....and more..

Somehow, you care a lot about my insults!

It only shows how sensitive and delicate my feelings can be..

A columnist from milliyet (Hasan Cemal)
I translated a bit of it:

military operation means death.
It means pain.
Do you really want those?
How many operation have we done in all? how much blood and tears were shed? We saw many martyrs' funurals all those years , we still see them.
are they not enough?
do you want more death?
are you crazy?
has the problem been solved with all those deaths?
No.
Whatever you call it, terror or pkk or southeast or kurdish problem, despite all the the blood and tears, it is still there.
And do you realize?
We still dont have a solution.

http://www.milliyet.com.tr/Default.aspx?aType=YazarDetay&ArticleID=500776&AuthorID=63&ver=56

Existence of you and your mutterings are the undeniable proof of turkish saying 'zurnada peşrev olmaz' son of Smyrna.
lets listen to this instead of arguing:
pump it

how old are you people? :S

Quotes of the day:
"Don't argue with an idiot; people watching may not be able to tell the difference"
"Don't argue with an idiot. They will only drag you down to their level, and beat you by experience."

and "Don't argue like an idiot" =D

Quote of the day:

"You are not great just because you say you are..."

The Daily Star

http://www.thedailystar.net/story.php?nid=25523

http://start.rcn.com/video/index.php?roo_clipID=915655&roo_channel=World+Headlines

Quote of the day for Adonis:

In the part of this universe that we know there is great injustice, and often the good suffer, and often the wicked prosper, and one hardly knows which of those is the more annoying. (B. Russell)

New quote of the day.........

"Calling yourself a god...doesn't make you one"

Old Quote of the Day

"Don't knock masturbation. It's sex with someone I love."

Woody Allen

Now..
you are really getting into my nerves with all these stupid/idiotic/low IQ posts gentlemen.
And I know what will happen in the end. Are you trying to lock this thread?
Who do you think you are?