Iraq denounces Turkish offensive


	Iraq denounces Turkish offensive

invictus

2-26-2008 1:18 PM

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2-26-2008 5:52 PM

ratilfar

So much for Iraqi sovereignty.

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				<DIV class="cap">Turkey says it is defending itself from rebel attacks</DIV>
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			</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><B>The Iraqi government has denounced a Turkish incursion into northern Iraq in some of the strongest terms heard since the operation began last week.</B>
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<FONT size="2">In a statement, the Iraqi cabinet expressed its "rejection and condemnation" of the operation.
</FONT></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7264401.stm"><FONT size="2">It called on Ankara to withdraw its troops immediately.
</FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7264401.stm"><FONT size="2">Snow was impeding operations, Turkey's military said, as fighting entered a fifth day and was said to be close to a rebel base in the Zap valley.
</FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7264401.stm"><FONT size="2">The Turkish military says it has killed 153 rebels and lost 19 soldiers since the cross-border attack began on Thursday night.
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<FONT size="2">The rebels of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) say they have killed 81 soldiers. Neither report can be independently verified.
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<FONT size="2">Clashes are also reported to be continuing in the mountainous area of Hakurk.
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