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Turkish minister flies to Iraq for talks-sources
23 Oct 2007 06:26:15 GMT
Source: Reuters
ANKARA, Oct 23 (Reuters) - Turkish Foreign Minister Ali Babacan flew to Baghdad on Tuesday for talks with Iraq's government in an effort to pressure Iraqi and U.S. authorities to crack down on Kurdish guerrillas, officials told Reuters.

Babacan was expected to hold talks with Iraq's Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and other officials, the sources, who declined to be named, said.
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Protesters demonstrate against a possible major cross-border operation into northern Iraq by Turkey against Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) guerrillas, in front of the Turkish Consulate in Berlin October 27, 2007. Turkey has massed up to 100,000 troops on the frontier before a possible cross-border operation against about 3,000 PKK guerrillas, who launch deadly attacks into Turkey from Iraq. REUTERS/Pawel Kopczynski (GERMANY)



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