Turkish troops in Kurdish Iraq

Howard calls it, May 30th:

Turkey will absolutely invade the Kurdish area of Iraq and kill as many of the Kurds as possible.

Today:

Several thousand Turkish troops crossed into northern Iraq early Wednesday to chase Kurdish guerrillas who attack Turkey from bases there, two Turkish security officials said.

UPDATE 070606 22:40:  Well, maybe not yes.

Fouad Hussein, the head of the office of Kurdistan President Masoud Barzani, said the government had no knowledge of any invasion. -- Reuters 15:40gmt

(The above story is headlined "Iraqi Kurds deny incursion by Turkish troops,"  but "having no knowledge of" isn't the same as "deny," is it?)
Later:  Turkish sources are telling varying stories, but all confirm some kind of incursion.

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