Avoiding a Disaster?

Hopefully this might stop the Turks shelling Northern Iraq. Turkish PM Erdogan has been wise to focus only on the PKK within his own borders and resist calls from his military to invade Iraqi Kurdistan. The guy is sharp. And if a ceasefire actually holds and some decent deals are worked out, his party will gain massive support in their fight against the so-called "secularists" upcoming this year.

clipped from news.yahoo.com ANKARA, Turkey - Kurdish separatists declared a "unilateral cease-fire" in attacks against Turkey on Tuesday and said they were ready for peace negotiations, but the group maintained the right to defend itself. ADVERTISEMENT