Turquía envía más tropas a la frontera con Irak

Todos los elementos están ya presentes para una tormenta perfecta: El caos en Irak, Israel invadiendo el espacio aéreo de sus vecinos, Irán siendo amenazado con bombardeos de EU, el dólar en picada y ahora Turquía movilizando su ejército a la frontera con Irak. Cualquier circunstancia ahora puede detonar una conflagración regional que inclusive se puede convertir en una tercera guerra mundial:

SIRNAK, Turkey - Dozens of Turkish military vehicles streamed toward the Iraqi border with heavy artillery and ammunition Monday after Kurdish guerrillas killed a dozen soldiers and claimed to have captured eight in an intensifying crisis threatening to spill into Iraq.

Arab nations joined the U.S. and Europe in urging Turkey's government not to attack suspected guerrilla bases in the Kurdish region of northern Iraq, while Turkish citizens rallied across the country demanding action against the rebels.

Iraq's president claimed the guerrillas would announce a cease-fire. But the rebels denied that, saying a cease-fire they declared in June was still in place.

With tensions worsening, the Turkish foreign minister said his government was pursuing a diplomatic solution to halt rebel operations out of havens in Iraq, but warned that it wanted to see results soon if an escalation in military action was to be avoided.

An AP Television News cameraman saw a convoy of 50 Turkish army vehicles, loaded with soldiers and weapons, including 155-mm howitzers, heading from the southeastern town of Sirnak toward Uludere, closer to the border.