For some time now Turkey has had increasing issues with a group called the PKK. This is a Kurdish group that is seeking an independent state for Kurds. However the territory that they are fighting over currently belongs to three nations Iraq, Iran, and Turkey. They have also been responsible for various terrorist attacks in Turkey and over the past few years they have continued to increase.

 

Some months ago Turkey launched a small raid which was mostly kept quite by the mainstream media outlets. What has increased the ire of the Turkish people as well as the government is that over the past few days that there have been a number of attacks by the PKK and approximately 15 to 17 soldiers have been killed. Now it looks set to break out into further conflict that could cause quite a bit of heartburn for the US Forces inside Iraq that are attempting to stabilize it.

The Kurdish region of Iraq is one of the more stable ...