Thursday, October 06, 2011

Turkey approves cross-border operations in Iraq - Taiwan News Online

Turkey approves cross-border operations in Iraq

Turkey's parliament has extended by another year a mandate allowing the military to carry out cross-border operations against Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq.

Lawmakers voted Wednesday by a show of hands to extend the permission, which expires on Oct. 17. It was the mandate's fourth successive extension.

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