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Turkey, not US, to decide on N.Iraq moves-Turk PM
25 Oct 2007 09:51:51 GMT
Source: Reuters
BUCHAREST, Oct 25 (Reuters) - Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday Ankara, not Washington, would decide on whether Turkish troops conducted any military incursions into northern Iraq to crush Kurdish militants hiding there.

Replying to reporters' questions during a visit to Romania, Erdogan also said he wanted Washington to act with Ankara as a strategic ally against the rebels. He did not say whether this meant a joint military operation.
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An Iraqi soldier walks with U.S. soldiers during a joint patrol in Jisr Diyala, on the outskirts of southeastern Baghdad December 4, 2007. The mainly Shi'ite district, near where the Diyala river flows into the Tigris on the southeast outskirts of the capital, is an example of a developing pattern in Iraq. With violence dropping across much of the country, Iraqis are drawing up a new list of demands: instead of asking Iraqi and U.S. forces for protection, they want jobs and improvements to basic services. Picture taken December 4, 2007. To match feature IRAQ/NEIGHBOURHOOD REUTERS/Erik de Castro (IRAQ)



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