Monday, May 21, 2007

TURKEY BOLSTERS MILITARY NEAR IRAQ

"TURKEY BOLSTERS MILITARY NEAR IRAQ

ANKARA [MENL] -- Turkey has been bolstering its military along the border with Iraq.

Turkish sources said the military has amassed 50,000 soldiers in the Sirnik province along the Iraqi border. They said the move was ordered by Chief of Staff Gen. Yasar Buyukanit to prepare for any invasion of northern Iraq, the stronghold of the Kurdish Workers Party."

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