Iraq warns Turkey over incursion


	Iraq warns Turkey over incursion

invictus

10-28-2007 4:34 PM

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turkey, iraq, pkk, northern iraq, kurds, barzani, middle east

invictus says:

"This would be a unilateral decision and that's why people are resisting that.

"That's why the whole government of Iraq and the whole people of Iraq are united really not to see their sovereignty, their territorial integrity undermined by a friendly neighbouring country."

The BBC's Jim Muir, in Baghdad, says there are fears of a collision between Turkish troops and the Iraqi Kurdish forces which control the area.

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</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><B>Iraq's foreign minister has warned of serious consequences if Turkey launches a ground assault against Kurdish rebels based in northern Iraq.</B>
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<FONT size="2">He said there was nothing to stop Turkey taking action against PKK bases in the remote and rugged border mountains.   
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