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Iraq accuses Turkey of interfering in affairs | The Salt Lake Tribune

Iraq accuses Turkey of interfering in affairs

Tense relations » Turkey’s foreign minister’s surprise visit to Kirkuk irked Baghdad.

By SELCAN HACAOGLU and EMRAH BETOS

The Associated Press
First Published Aug 02 2012 12:49 pm • Updated 1 hour ago

Ankara, Turkey • Iraq on Thursday accused Turkey of interfering in its internal affairs after Turkey’s foreign minister paid a surprise visit to a northern Iraqi city seen as a testing ground for whether Iraq’s sectarian leaders can ever reach reconciliation.

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