A PROVOCATION FOR TURKISH INTERVENTION IN IRAQ???

The bombings in Turkey have a stench to me. The government there is Islamist, they basically stabbed us in the back over Iraq, it is a power in the Mid-East, and if aroused can cause major problems for Iran and Syria. Alqaeda? I don't think so. Something else is going on here. I don't pretend to know what. It's a lead pipe cinch that the bombs themselves come from Iraq. There is no Baathist presence in Turkey; the Kurds populate much of the south of Turkey, there is a form of democratic government there that is very stable, and they have a reputation for toughness that is legendary. I don't get it. UNLESS there is some sort of effort to provoke Turkish intervention in Iraq, an event that would really destabilize the country since Iraq doesn't want them.