LOOKS LIKE AN INDEPENDENT KURDISH REPUBLIC just got a bit more likely:

ANKARA, Turkey — In a serious blow to U.S. plans for a possible war with Iraq, Turkey’s parliament speaker nullified the legisature’s vote Saturday to allow deployment of 62,000 U.S. combat troops to open a northern front against Iraq.

An independent Kurdish republic is okay with me. If the Turks don’t like it, well, then they’re playing a dangerous game.