Turkey sends more troops to Iraq border


	Turkey sends more troops to Iraq border

invictus

10-22-2007 5:23 PM

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turkey, pkk, kurds, northern iraq, war, iraq

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10-23-2007 8:03 AM

blueridge

Why am I suspicious of all this? Turkey has more reason to act in their own defense than the U.S. has to be over there. Pure hypocrisy that the U.S. would warn Turkey of "invading another country". Hello pot, this is kettle.

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