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Iraqi government demands Turkish withdrawal

(Agencies)
Updated: 2008-02-26 22:16

BAGHDAD - The Iraqi government on Tuesday denounced a recent Turkish incursion and demanded an immediate withdrawal of the troops from northern Iraq.

Students hold Kurdish flags as they protest the Turkish military incursion in Kirkuk, Iraq, Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2008. Iraqi government denounced Turkish incursion Tuesday and demanded Turkey's immediate withdrawal from northern Iraq. [Agencies] 

Spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh said the military action was a violation of Iraqi sovereignty, and he called on the Turkish government to engage the Iraqis in dialogue instead.

"The Iraqi Cabinet has denounced the Turkish army's incursion," al-Dabbagh said in a televised statement after the government met to discuss the issue. "The Cabinet calls on Turkey to withdraw its troops immediately and stop military interference."

Turkey launched the incursion into northern Iraq on Thursday against separatist rebels from the Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK. The PKK wants autonomy for the predominantly Kurdish southeastern Turkey and rebels have carried out attacks in Turkey from bases in Kurdish Iraq. The conflict started in 1984 and has killed up to 40,000 people.

Turkey has assured the Iraqi government and the US military that the operation would be limited to attacks on rebels. The US and European Union consider the PKK a terrorist group.

Al-Dabbagh acknowledged the threat to Turkey posed by the rebels and said Iraq stood ready to work through trilateral discussions with the United States or any bilateral dialogue to prevent the PKK from using Iraqi territory to attack Turkey.

But, he said, "unilateral military activity is an unacceptable deed and endangers the good bilateral relations between our two neighboring countries."

Al-Dabbagh added that Iraq understood Turkey's concerns and that the government would "not allow Iraqi lands to be used as a base from which operations are launched to destabilize security in the region."

The Turkish military has said 153 rebels have been killed in the operation. The Kurdish rebels disputed the claim and warned that Turkey had entered a conflict that it cannot win.

A statement posted on the military's Web site Monday also said two more soldiers were killed in fighting, but gave no details. The deaths would bring the total Turkish military fatalities since the start of the incursion Thursday to 17.



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