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Biden: US Recognizes Kurdish Threat to Turkey

Biden: US Recognizes Kurdish Threat to Turkey

Ken Bredemeier

January 23, 2016 11:08 AM
ISTANBUL—

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden told Turkey on Saturday that the United States recognizes that the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) is as much a threat to Ankara as Islamic State militants are, even as Washington supports Kurdish forces fighting the jihadists in Iraq.

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