Thursday, February 22, 2007

US retreats from supporting Turkish cross-border operation

"US retreats from supporting Turkish cross-border operation
Fearing that a possible Turkish cross-border limited operation into northern Iraq to hit the PKK camps there could become another destabilizing factor with the possibility of civilian casualties, the US administration has reportedly stepped back from its earlier assessment that Washington might give backing to a limited Turkish operation provided that it would be strictly coordinated with the US. "

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