Thursday, May 31, 2007

http://www.france24.com/france24Public/en/administration/afp-news.html?id=070531174929.uixrxwwh&cat=null

"Turkish army says confronting Barzani forces a possibility

Turkish troops could find themselves fighting Iraqi forces that control northern Iraq if they launch a crossborder operation to strike at Turkish Kurd rebels based there, Turkey's top general said Thursday.

The chief of general staff, General Yasar Buyukanit, said he favored an incursion into northern Iraq to clean up Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) bases there, but said the order to do so must come from the government."

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