Turkey Goes To War

I'm a few days delayed in posting this, but Turkey has mounted a large invasion of northern Iraq.

Estimates so far are that 151 Iraqi Kurdish fighters have been killed, while 17 Turkish soldiers are dead. Turkish war planes and helicopter gunships are pounding the Iraqi countryside.

The Americans tried for a long time to keep Turkey from launching such an invasion into the relatively stable and peaceful Kurdish territories, but the Turks have had enough. The invasion follows a long period of bombings and guerilla battles between the two sides.

Here's a short video clip compiled by the Guardian. The streets of Istanbul look a bit more hectic than when I was there, don't they?