"Iraq sees smaller chance of big Turkish offensive Tue Nov 6, 2007 2:57 PM EST137
By Selcuk Gokoluk and Evren Mesci
ANKARA (Reuters) - Iraq said it believed the threat of a major Turkish offensive against Kurdish guerrillas in northern Iraq had diminished despite Turkey's vow of a military operation.
Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan had said the army would go ahead with an operation after his talks with U.S. President George W. Bush on Monday to push Washington to crack down on Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) separatists based in Iraq.
But Erdogan did not specify the size of any operation against some 3,000 guerrillas using northern Iraq as a base for attacks in Turkey."
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