Does Anybody Care About Turkey and the Kurds?

The Prime Minister of Turkey wants NATO to help fight Kurds who are attacking from Northern Iraq (i.e. the PKK). In response the leader of Iraqi Kurdistan declared that any incursion into Iraqi Kurdistan would be considered "an attack on their soil". Why do I have to go looking for these stories? The only mainstream outlet where I can find anything about this is Reuters. This seems like it could matter to us as I have written about before. Also, this could become a larger problem for Iran and their Kurdish population. This could force the Iranian regime to be more inward looking than they are currently. But would this make them less stable internally? Would they crack down harder? Would it make them less capable of causing turmoil in the region? Or would it cause further regional destabilization? Hopefully we won't find out. (I would bet on the last one, though.) Tags: World War III, Middle East, Politics, Terrorism, Iraq, Iran, Turkey, International, NATO Turkey v. Kurdistan Archive: 7.26.2006 Does Anybody Care About Turkey and the Kurds? 8.3.2006 Turkey Enters Northern Iraq 8.8.2006 Turkey v. PKK Update 8.8.2006 8.18.2006 YSK: Iran and Turkey Shell PKK in Iraqi Kurdistan 8.23.2006 Turkey v. PKK Update: 8.23.2006 8.28.2006 Two Days of Bombings Rock Turkey 9.7.2006 New Middle East Hegemon Breaking Up is Hard Voodoo 9.12.2006 Actual Breaking News: Turkey Hit Again 10.4.2006 PKK Declares Unilateral Truce with Turkey