Friday, September 29, 2006

The Raw Story | Turkey threatens to sever electricity supply to northern Iraq

"Turkey threatens to sever electricity supply to northern Iraq

Deutsche Presse-Agentur dpa
Published: Friday September 29, 2006

Istanbul (dpa)- Turkey has warned Iraqi President Jalal Talabani y that it would sever electricity and fuel supplies to northern Iraq if Baghdad did not adopt any measures against the illegal Kurdish group PKK in the region, the Turkish news channel NTV reported Friday. Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul told the US television channel PBS that it could paralyse public life in northern Iraq, the report said. "

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