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Monday, July 17, 2006

Turkey Wants Kurdish Guerrilla Crackdown

"Turkey Wants Kurdish Guerrilla Crackdown

By SELCAN HACAOGLU
The Associated Press
Monday, July 17, 2006; 2:22 PM

ANKARA, Turkey -- Turkey called Monday for Iraq and the United States to crack down on Kurdish guerrillas based in northern Iraq, and issued a veiled threat to attack the rebel bases if there is no progress.

The U.S. ambassador to Turkey cautioned against a unilateral attack on the insurgents, who are based in remote mountains in one of the few stable parts of Iraq."

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