Thursday, November 01, 2007

Sources: U.S. spy planes watching Iraqi-Turkish border - CNN.com

"Sources: U.S. spy planes watching Iraqi-Turkish border

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- American U2 reconnaissance planes have been flying over the Turkey-Iraq border to observe military movements, said three U.S. military sources Wednesday.
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A Turkish army convoy heads toward the Turkey-Iraq border on Monday.

Word of the flights comes a day before top-level meetings between U.S. and Turkish government officials and prior to a regional conference aimed at easing tensions between Ankara and Kurdish rebels across Turkey's border with Iraq. "

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