Posted by: zanshin, 2007-08-07 04:40

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Date: 2007-07-30 (Monday)
High-level U.S. officials are working with their Turkish counterparts on a joint military operation to suppress Kurdish guerrillas and capture their leaders. Through covert activity, their goal is to forestall Turkey from invading Iraq.






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Iraq,   Kurdistan,   Kurds,   military,   PKK,   Turkey,   USA,  

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