In comments made at the Arab League,Iraqi central government spokesman Ibrahim al-Jaafari endorsed the Turkish war against the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), saying Turkey had every right to “self-defense” against the Kurdish secessionist faction.
Jaafari, who made the comments Saturday, went on to say that Turkey needs to coordinate its attacks in northern Iraq with the Iraqi government. He confirmed that Turkey has offered no coordination so far, including last week when Turkish ground troops invaded northern Iraq outright.
The Turkish government offered no response to the comments at the Arab League, but has launched attacks against northern Iraq several times since the 2003 US occupation began, and has never appeared to feel the need to coordinate those offensives with the Iraqi central government, which doesn’t hold that territory anyhow.
The more serious reaction is liable to come from the Iraqi Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), which has been condemning the Turkish offensive loudly, noting that it is their towns that are being hit in Turkish airstrikes, and probably won’t take kindly to Jaafari’s apparent support for the concept for Turkish attacks.
The Iraqi government is weak and depending on Arab league economic and political help to fight ISIS in one hand and as Erdogan regime they see the Kurdish people having their own country building, being independent is yet another Iraqi division which is the reason for Ibrahim Al Jaafari speaking on behalf of Iraqi government. The idea by Joe Biden in dividing Iraq building Kurdistan in north, Sunni and then shieet is one of the problem facing Iraqi nations which has been the western politics since 1990s, George W. Bush, Tony Blair invading Iraq made it worse, the Saudi and GCC wants to have their share of the pie where Isis is their answers to the long, very long creation of war.
Now in 2015 those whom are involved in libya, Syria and Iraq war intentionally destroying what is left of Libya, Iraq and Syria by destroying more and dividing more of the people In Middle East. USG is as guilty as the European are so goes for their "allies" in destructions as David Cameron, Sarkozi, Saudis, GCC, Turkish Erdogan regime, NATO and that Swedish king hand in hand with far right Swedish monarchist political party Moderaterna. This is 2015, we the people all over the world passed the barbarism, savages, dictatorial and neo or old fascism time, they have come and goon, but for som government and what is chosen to be called "civilized" societies there are those whom think that barbarism, destruction, dictatorship is the answer to their problems which shows how their mind works.
Of course the Iraqi government backs Turkey's attacks. The Kurds have been a royal pain to the Shia central government from the beginning of their US-delivered "freedom."