Turkey sends troops into Iraq
Pastor Dale Morgan
Turkey sends troops into Iraq*
From correspondents Arbil, Iraq
December 18, 2007 06:53pm
Article from: Reuters
A GROUP of 300 Turkish troops crossed into Kurdish territory in northern
Iraq overnight and moved 2-3 km deeper into Iraq this morning, a senior
Iraqi military source said.
The source said the Turkish troops were lightly armed and had moved into
the Gali Rash area, a mountainous district near the border.
There were no reports of clashes, the source said.
Turkey says it has a right to use military force to combat Kurdish
separatist rebels based in northern Iraq.
Turkish warplanes bombed villages in northern Iraq over the weekend.
Iraq complained that at least one civilian woman was killed in the
weekend strikes, and has said it wants any future military action to be
coordinated with Baghdad.
The incursion comes as US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice arrived in
Iraq on a visit.
Washington, which has 155,000 troops in Iraq, said it was informed of
the weekend air raids in advance.