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Turkey and the United States have decided to draft a military option against Kurdish insurgents in northern Iraq. Officials said Ankara and Washington have agreed to establish a military committee to review the threat by the Kurdish Workers Party in Iraq. They said the committee would assess the threat, identify insurgency strongholds and draft military options to end PKK attacks on southern Turkey. "It's the first time the United States has agreed to address the PKK threat in a military way," an official said. "This does not mean that Turkey has a green light to launch an attack on northern Iraq."Officials said U.S. military commanders plan to visit Ankara in September to discuss the PKK threat. They said the U.S. officers from Central Command and European Command would discuss military options against PKK strongholds in the Kandil mountains in northern Iraq. The U.S. delegation would include Central Command chief Gen. John Abizaid and Supreme Allied Commander Europe Gen. James Jones.