"NATO chief urges Turkey for 'maximum restraint' on Iraq
12 June 2007, 11:00 CET
(ANKARA) - NATO Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer Tuesday called on alliance member Turkey to act with 'a maximum of restraint' in dealing with the problem of the safe haven that Turkish Kurd rebels enjoy in northern Iraq.
The Turkish army is pushing for a cross-border operation to clamp down on bases of the separatist Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in neighbouring northern Iraq, where, it charges, the rebels obtain weapons and explosives for attacks on Turkish targets across the border."
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