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Kurds - US must act to prevent insurgent war - by Richard Beeston
Hard as it is to imagine the Middle East embarking on yet another conflict, there are strong signs that the simmering battle between Turkey and its separatist Kurdish forces is about to enter a new and more deadly phase. The bombings this week against tourist targets in Antalya, Marmaris and Istanbul have drawn international attention to a struggle that has grown progressively worse and risks returning to an all out insurgent war.
Much of what happens next could depend on America. Although heavily over-extended in the region, it has appointed General Joseph Ralston, Nato’s former supreme allied commander, to coordinate efforts against the PKK. His main task will be to stop the group using northern Iraq as a launch pad for attacks against Turkey. Washington is already struggling to keep security in Iraq. The one area that has so far been relatively peaceful is the northern Kurdish region. Unless it can act decisively to halt the PKK it could find that here too violence breaks out. The Turks have warned that unless Kurdish separatist violence stops it will take action against PKK targets in Iraq.
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