"Retired Turkish general responds to US soldier's claims about Suleymaniye incident
Retired Lieutenant General Koksal Karabay of the Turkish Armed Forces has denied statements made by a former US troop leader in Northern Iraq that American soldiers 'caught Turkish soldiers by surprise' in the infamous 'bag over head' incident which occured in the northern Iraqi city of Suleymaniye near the start of the US invasion. In respone to the unnamed US soldier's statements, Karabay said yesterday 'We were not caught by surprise. We were following the movements of the US soldiers. When they entered our street, our men were at their positions on the roof and on the balcony with their weapons at hand.' "
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