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Turkey 'pulls some Iraq troops' | |
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Some Turkish troops staging a ground offensive against Kurdish rebels have left northern Iraq, reports say. | |
But US sources told Reuters news agency that it was too early to call the pull-back a full withdrawal. | |
Turkey launched the cross-border attack last Thursday, accusing Iraq of failing to stop members of the Kurdish PKK from using the area as a safe haven. | Turkey launched the cross-border attack last Thursday, accusing Iraq of failing to stop members of the Kurdish PKK from using the area as a safe haven. |
It says more than 20 soldiers and some 240 rebels have been killed. The PKK says it has killed over 100 soldiers. | It says more than 20 soldiers and some 240 rebels have been killed. The PKK says it has killed over 100 soldiers. |
"We are seeing a limited portion of the troops that had entered Iraq moving back toward Turkey. [It's] too early to call this a withdrawal," an unnamed US official in Baghdad wrote in an email to Reuters. | |
The move comes a day after President George W Bush urged Nato ally Turkey to wind up the raid and get out of Iraq. | The move comes a day after President George W Bush urged Nato ally Turkey to wind up the raid and get out of Iraq. |
Iraq says the incursion is unacceptable and violates its sovereignty. |