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Monday, June 30, 2014

Turkey rejects Kurdish independence, wants Iraq unity government, officials say

Turkey rejects Kurdish independence, wants Iraq unity government, officials say
Source: Reuters - Mon, 30 Jun 2014 15:40 GMT

By Jonny Hogg and Orhan Coskun

ANKARA, June 30 (Reuters) - Turkey opposes independence for a Kurdish state in northern Iraq and wants a unity government in Baghdad to counter the threat by Islamist Sunni rebels who have seized large swathes of territory in recent weeks, Turkish officials said.

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