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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Yes. George Jr. is considering an airstrike against those
very same Kurds that his daddy turned his back on back in 1991, those very same
Kurds that Gorge’s daddy promised to aid in reclaiming <st1:place w:st="on">Kurdistan</st1:place>
if they (the Kurds) mounted an assault against Saddam Hussein. To make a
long story short, they did and he didn’t.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><a href="http://tinyurl.com/2zn94p">http://tinyurl.com/2zn94p</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Well, now George Jr. is thinking of killing some of them.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>From today’s (October 23, 2007) Spokesman Review –<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>-----------------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Bush considering airstrikes against Kurds, official says <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Bay Fang <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Chicago</span></font></st1:place></st1:City><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> Tribune<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>October 23, 2007<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:State w:st="on"><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>WASHINGTON</span></font></st1:State><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> – The
Bush administration is considering airstrikes against the Kurdish rebel group
PKK in northern <st1:country-region w:st="on">Iraq</st1:country-region> in an
attempt to stave off a Turkish invasion of <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Iraq</st1:place></st1:country-region> to fight the rebels,
administration officials said.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>President Bush spoke with Turkish President Abdullah Gul by
phone Monday in an effort to ease the crisis. According to an official familiar
with the conversation, Bush assured the Turkish president that the <st1:country-region
w:st="on">United States</st1:country-region> was looking seriously into options
beyond diplomacy to stop the attacks coming from Kurdish-controlled northern <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Iraq</st1:place></st1:country-region>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>"It's not 'Kumbaya' time anymore – just talking
about trilateral talks is not going to be enough," the official said. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>An ambush over the weekend by 200 PKK guerrillas left 12
Turkish soldiers dead and 8 missing. The attack's sophistication and scope
surprised not only the Turks but also the <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">United States</st1:place></st1:country-region> and its Iraqi allies.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>On Monday, an AP Television News cameraman saw a convoy of
50 Turkish army vehicles loaded with soldiers and weapons heading from the
southeastern town of <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Sirnak</st1:place></st1:City>
toward Uludere, closer to the border.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>The Pentagon has said 60,000 Turkish soldiers have deployed
along the border, the Associated Press reported. Last week, <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Turkey</st1:place></st1:country-region>'s
parliament authorized the government to send troops across the Iraqi border at
any time in pursuit of the PKK.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>The north is one of the few relatively calm Iraqi regions,
and the <st1:country-region w:st="on">U.S.</st1:country-region> fears an
incursion by its ally <st1:country-region w:st="on">Turkey</st1:country-region>
could worsen the <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Iraq</st1:place></st1:country-region>
war. The U.S.-Turkey alliance is particularly important to the Bush
administration in its conduct of the war. About 70 percent of the American
military's air cargo headed to <st1:country-region w:st="on">Iraq</st1:country-region>
is shipped through a <st1:country-region w:st="on">U.S.</st1:country-region>
air base in southern <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Turkey</st1:place></st1:country-region>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>While the use of <st1:country-region w:st="on">U.S.</st1:country-region>
soldiers on the ground to root out the PKK would be the last resort, the <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">United States</st1:place></st1:country-region>
would be willing to launch airstrikes on PKK targets, the officials said, and
has discussed the use of cruise missiles. But airstrikes using manned aircraft
may be an easier option because the <st1:country-region w:st="on">U.S.</st1:country-region>
controls the air space over <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Iraq</st1:place></st1:country-region>,
the officials said.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Another option would be to persuade the Kurdistan Regional
Government, which runs that part of <st1:country-region w:st="on">Iraq</st1:country-region>,
to order its pesh merga forces to form a cordon preventing the movement of the
PKK beyond its mountain camps, said <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">U.S.</st1:place></st1:country-region> officials and experts.
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice spoke with Kurdistan Regional Government
Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani on Sunday to request his cooperation in
dealing with the PKK.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>-----------------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Seeya
round town, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Moscow</st1:City></st1:place>.<br>
<br>
Tom Hansen<br>
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Moscow</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">Idaho</st1:State></st1:place><br>
<br>
"We're a town of about 23,000 with 10,000 college students. The college
students are not very active in local elections (thank goodness!)."<br>
<br>
- Dale Courtney (March 28, 2007)</span></font> <o:p></o:p></p>
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12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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