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Friday, December 21, 2007

U.S., Turkey Bond Over Iraq Raids | Newsweek International | Newsweek.com

"Friends Again

U.S. support for Turkey's raids against rebel Kurds have improved relations between Washington and Ankara. Can the entente last?

By Sami Kohen and Owen Matthews | Newsweek Web Exclusive
Dec 21, 2007 | Updated: 2:47 p.m. ET Dec 21, 2007

Since well before the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003, Turkey complained quietly—and sometimes not so quietly—about rebel Kurds based in northern Iraq staging terror attacks deep inside Turkey. But it was only when Turkey turned up the volume with a threat to invade northern Iraq and cut off supplies to U.S. bases in Iraq that Washington listened."

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