100,000 troops approach the Iraqi border
source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/7071569.stm
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Pressure increased on PKK rebels. Turkey, Iraq and the US have all taken steps to combat the threat of Kurdish fighters based in northern Iraq and defuse the crisis in the region. Turkey has massed about 100,000 troops near the Iraq border. The Turkish government has announced economic sanctions against groups which support those responsible for a recent upsurge in attacks on Turkish soldiers.
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Nathan_Coombs
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The truth is that the 'attacks' in Turkey are just a pretext to clamp down on any future declaration of Kurdish sovereignty in Northern Iraq, which may inspire Turkey's own Kurds to break away and join a united Kurdistan.
This is what they are worried about Kurdistan having as its own:
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Nathan_Coombs
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Mr_Costello
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Pentagon spokesman Geoff Morrell said the US had given Turkey "intelligence with regards to this situation for a long time"
"We are assisting the Turks in their efforts to combat the PKK by supplying them with intelligence, lots of intelligence" .. as opposed the United States first response on turkey's approach.
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Mr_Costello
