"Turkey Quits Iraq After Biggest Incursion in 11 Years (Update1)
By Mark Bentley and Camilla Hall
Feb. 29 (Bloomberg) -- Turkey's army withdrew its troops from northern Iraq after its biggest military incursion into the country for 11 years.
Turkish units pulled out early today after more than a week of battles with the Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, the army said in a statement on its Web site. The clashes with the PKK, which seeks autonomy for Turkey's 15 million ethnic Kurds, killed 237 militants and 24 Turkish soldiers, the military said."
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