October 24, 2016
By the NY Times Editorial Board
...Even before this latest demand, (click here) Turkey had angered Baghdad by keeping 600 to 800 troops at a base in Bashiqa in northern Iraq. Ankara’s real priority is defeating Kurdish separatists who straddle the border regions of Turkey and Iraq and have engaged in a rebellion against the Turkish government for decades. Mr. Erdogan is also eager to check Iran’s growing influence in the region and to be seen as a defender of Sunni Arabs and Turkmen, who live in Mosul and the surrounding area....
The Kurds need to move before the UN Security Council for a resolution to end their deaths. What percentage of the Kurds are dying at the will of Turkey?
Turkey is not working with it's allies. The Peshmerga have been a vital ally in Iraq. There is absolutely no reason for targeting the Kurds.
Perhaps we need a death count of the Kurds, including women, children and the elderly.
