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Morning Open Thread: Turkey Has Left Iraq |
by Jason Rosenbaum :: Filed Under Middle East / South Asia :: February 29th, 2008 @ 6:31 am EST
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Turkish troops have pulled out of Iraq:
Turkey launched the incursion into northern Iraq more than a week ago against the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, a group fighting for the autonomy of predominantly Kurdish southeastern Turkey. The rebels have carried out attacks in Turkey from bases in Kurdish Iraq.
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The Turkish military said that 300 rebels were detected in Iraq’s Zap region, and 240 of them were killed in the operation.
Hopefully, this will be the end of cross-border conflicts between Iraq and Turkey. Hopefully next time, Iraq and the U.S. will stand up against these violations of national sovereignty. I’m just glad things didn’t spiral out of control.
Thoughts?
