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Should Turkey be allowed to enter Iraq after PKK Separatists ?

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    #32
    sovtek
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    the_syco wrote: »
    Heck, even some of the US marines are saying they want to get the f**k out, and concentrate on Afghanistan.

    Actually the majority of them want out of Iraq yesterday full stop.
    http://www.zogby.com/news/ReadNews.dbm?ID=1075


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    #33
    Dave!
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    It seems they've gone and launched a small offensive:
    http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSL1354608620071024?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews&rpc=69

    ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish warplanes and ground troops attacked Kurdish rebel positions just inside northern Iraq between Sunday and Tuesday evening, military sources told Reuters on Wednesday.

    The warplanes flew as deep as 20 km (13 miles) into Iraqi territory and some 300 ground troops advanced about 10 km, killing 34 rebels of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), the sources said.

    They made clear these were small sorties of a kind that Turkish forces have been known to conduct in the past across the mountainous border, not a large-scale offensive that U.S. and Iraqi authorities are trying to avert.

    "Further 'hot pursuit' raids into northern Iraq can be expected, though none have taken place so far today (Wednesday)," a military official said, adding that all Turkish troops involved in the operations were now back in Turkey.


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