August 20, 2007 (LPAC)--Cheney-backed Kurdish insurgents based in northern Iraq have launched attacks along the Iraqi-Iranian border, that could ultimately serve as a flash-point for a U.S. attack against Iran. The attacks launched by the Kurdistan Free Life Party (PJAK) have led to a major escalation of fighting along the border in northeast Iraq, with Iranian forces massing along the border and counter-attacking with artillery and aerial bombardment, according to the Guardian and other news sources.

The PJAK is linked to the Kurdish Workers Party (PKK), a terrorist organization that has been attacking Turkish security forces from bases inside the Kurdish region in Iraq. The Turkish government has threatened to invade northern Iraq, if the U.S. and Iraqi authorities do not put a stop to these operations by the PKK, which is classified as a terrorist organization by the European Union and the US.

It is widely believed that the PJAK is on Dick Cheney's payroll and is being used as part of scenarios aimed at justifying a U.S. attack on Iran. On April 18, 2006, Rep. Dennis J. Kucinich (D-OH) sent a letter to President Bush demanding an answer to allegations that the PJAK was being backed by the United States. "According to an April 15, 2006 article in the Economist," Kucinich wrote, "Iranians and Turks both believe that the U.S. is supporting the PJAK. It is hard to believe that PJAK is operating successfully from Iraq without U.S. knowledge, support and coordination."