"Rice fails to calm Turkish leaders over rebels' presence in Iraq
By Matthew Schofield and Bobby Caina Calvan, McClatchy Newspapers Sat Nov 3, 4:43 PM ET
ISTANBUL — Turkish officials indicated Saturday that Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice had failed during two days of talks to persuade them not to send troops across the Iraqi border to attack Kurdish rebels based there.
Even before Rice's plane had left the ground here to take the secretary to Israel for Mideast peace talks there, Turkish officials briefing reporters said they'd heard nothing new during her visit and that tens of thousands of Turkish troops would remain poised at the Turkey - Iraq border."
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