"Turks Ready to Invade Iraq
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Turkish General: Ready for PKK Strike
By SELCAN HACAOGLU
The Associated Press
Thursday, May 31, 2007; 8:20 AM
ANKARA, Turkey -- Turkey's top general said Thursday the military was ready to stage a cross-border offensive to fight Kurdish guerrillas in Iraq and that he already had sought government approval to mount military action.
Earlier Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who has pledged his support for any military decision to stage an incursion into Iraq, said the army had not yet asked parliament for permission.
But Gen. Yasar Buyukanit said he had asked for approval during a news conference on April 12, when he said "an operation into Iraq is necessary.""
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