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Sunday, June 17, 2007

Major Turkish Incursion in N. Iraq Seen as Unlikely - washingtonpost.com

"Major Turkish Incursion in N. Iraq Seen as Unlikely

By Joshua Partlow
Washington Post Foreign Service
Sunday, June 17, 2007; Page A17

IRBIL, Iraq -- Iraqi border police believe neighboring Turkey has amassed 20,000 to 30,000 soldiers along its southern border with Iraq. Turkish helicopters have flown into Iraqi airspace to conduct missions against Kurdish rebels in the mountainous region, and Turkish mortar shells regularly crash down on Iraqi soil, according to U.S. and Iraqi officials."

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