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Iraq
Turkish army gathered on KurdistanÂ’s border ready for attack
2007-01-19
London (KurdishMedia.com) 16 January 2007: The Turkish army have gathered and intensified its forces on the KurdistanÂ’s border ready for attack, reported local sources on Tuesday.
Turks have been in and out of the Kurdish region several times already; don't know if this is any different.
While Turkey is holding a conference on Kirkuk without the participation of the Kurdistan Regional Government or any Kurdish political party, Turkey has intensified its forces on the KurdistanÂ’s border. Some Turkmens, Arabs and a high number of Turkish MPÂ’s have participated in the conference. It was revealed by local sources that only Turkish flag displayed in the conference.

Radio Nawa stated that the Turkish army ready for zero oÂ’clock to attack Kurdistan.

The speaker of Kurdistan Parliament, Adnan Mufti, condemned the meeting and dismissed it as the interferences on KurdistanÂ’s affairs. The Kurdistan Presidential Council led by Massuad Barzani has not made any statement regarding the Turkish conference on Kirkuk or the Turkish armyÂ’s gathering on the KurdistanÂ’s border.
Posted by:Steve White

#2  If Iran and Turkey are both up to something... that's no good!
(note the Iran article)
Posted by: 3dc   2007-01-19 20:04  

#1  Would this be the border of Iraqi Kurdistan or the border of the Kurdish areas within Turkey?
Posted by: rjschwarz   2007-01-19 15:00  

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