Friday, February 29, 2008

Turkey Quits Iraq After Biggest Incursion in 11 Years

"Turkey Quits Iraq After Biggest Incursion in 11 Years (Update1)

By Mark Bentley and Camilla Hall

Feb. 29 (Bloomberg) -- Turkey's army withdrew its troops from northern Iraq after its biggest military incursion into the country for 11 years.

Turkish units pulled out early today after more than a week of battles with the Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, the army said in a statement on its Web site. The clashes with the PKK, which seeks autonomy for Turkey's 15 million ethnic Kurds, killed 237 militants and 24 Turkish soldiers, the military said."

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