The possibility of Turkish ground incursion on northern Iraq

While the 'Sunni triangle' is traditionally viewed as the heart of armed conflict in Middle-East, the Iraqi northern border is not quiet, as it often believed.

Last week 15 Turkish soldiers are killed by Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) fighters. This incident may improve the possibility for success of parliamentary vote seeking Turkish MPs' approval for a ground incursion against Kurdish fighters based in the region. Last Monday, A bill which would allow an operation into Kurdish-controlled northern Iraq any time in the next year is reportedly to be submitted to parliament after a cabinet meeting.

Al-Jazeera reporters said that Turkey has begun a continuous artillery shelling across Iraqi border on a village.

Ankara has long complained that Washington has not done enough on its own or through the Iraqi government to crack down on the PKK. This development has improved the possibility on the 'Second Invasion of Iraq'.

The quiet, cool and hilly northern Iraq territory may one day become another fierce hotbed of insurgency, if US is unable to restrain its Kurds allies.