Syria backs Turkey’s plans for Iraqi incursion

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17 October 2007

ANKARA - Syrian President Bashar Assad on Wednesday gave full backing to a possible Turkish military incursion into northern Iraq to fight Kurdish rebels saying that such an operation was a legitimate right, the Anadolu news agency reported.

‘We support the Turkish government’s decisions against terror and terrorist activities,’ Assad told reporters in Ankara after a meeting with his Turkish counterpart Abdullah Gul.

Assad also clearly blamed the United States for not taking action against the Kurdish Workers’ Party (PKK).

‘It is useful to know that in essence the forces that are occupying Iraq have the primary responsibility regarding these terrorist activities, because they are under control in that country,’ Assad said.