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Turkish Troops fire on Kurds in Iraq


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The Turkish government has said it has inflicted "heavy losses" on the PKK separatist group in Kurdistan, Northern Iraq.

This is not good news. The U.S have been "applying pressure" on Turkey to show restraint following many deadly attacks by the PKK on Turkish civilian and military targets.

Turkey have shelled northern Iraq before and have occasionally chased PKK members across the border, but significantly, in a landslide vote, the Turkish parliament has now given permission for a full scale "incursion" if necessary.

De-stabilization of the north of Iraq and the involvement of yet another sovereign country is just about the worst thing that could happen after the good news that many Iraqis are reportedly moving back home.
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