Iraq wants Turkey to get out

[ck4829]

Let's see if they follow Blackwater and respect their "sovereignty", ha.

"The Iraqi government pushed Ankara on Sunday to withdraw its troops from northern Iraq, after the Turkish army warned Iraqi Kurds not to shelter Kurdish rebels fleeing its offensive in the region.

As fighting intensified, the Turkish military said it had killed another 33 militants of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), taking the rebel toll to 112 since the launch of its cross-border incursion Thursday evening.

PKK rebels "are trying to flee southwards in panic," a general staff statement said.

"Local Iraqi groups are expected to prevent members of the terrorist organisation -- the biggest enemy of regional peace and stability -- from entering their region and being given protection there," it said.

The warning raised the spectre of a potential confrontation with the autonomous region's Kurdish administration, and just hours later Baghdad called for a swift Turkish withdrawal.

A statement by Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's government urged Turkey "to withdraw its forces from Iraqi soil as soon possible" and specifically described the operation as "a threat to Iraqi sovereignty."

"The government of Iraq calls on Turkey to respect its sovereignty and unity and considers that the unilateral operation across the border is a threat to the region," the statement said."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080224/ts_afp/turkeykurdsunrestiraq

[thereismore]

1. Funny. And they want us in? WTH? nt

[Lint Head]

2. It won't happen and the US does not have the intestinal

fortitude to do it. The Bush crime family gave them permission to invade. The give them and inch analogy is appropriate here. :dem:

[teamster633]

3. Apparently they forgot who is running the country.

Maybe Little Boots should send Condiliar back across the pond to remind them that this is all for their own good.