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Kurdish Autonomous Region, Iraq

Turks strike Kurds: Turkey this week conducted a large airstrike against Kurdish separatists based in Iraq and also sent about 300 soldiers into Iraqi territory. The Iraqi parliament called the move an “outrageous” violation of Iraq’s sovereignty. Turkey insisted its attack used U.S. intelligence and was carried out with tacit American approval. But during a surprise visit to Iraq this week, Secre­tary of State Condoleezza Rice said that the U.S. continues “to be concerned about anything that could lead to civilian casualties or anything that could destabilize the north.” Over the past several months, Turkey has massed 100,000 troops on the border and has launched occasional cross-border raids, trying to root out the PKK, which is fighting for a Kurdish homeland in Turkey.

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