ANKARA, BAGHDAD TO SIGN AGREEMENT ALLOWING TURKISH FORCES TO INTRUDE INTO IRAQ

PanARMENIAN.Net
26.09.2007 16:53 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Turkey and Iraq are to sign an anti-terrorism
agreement aimed at increasing cooperation between the two countries
against Kurdish rebels which cross into Turkey from bases in northern
Iraq.

Iraqi Interior Minister Jawad al-Bolani confirmed that a deal had
been reached and that the final details would be completed by Thursday
when the agreement is due to be signed.

Al-Bolani was in Ankara for talks with his Turkish counterpart
Beshir Atalay.

Turkey is seeking a deal that would allow its forces to cross into
Iraq in pursuit of rebels from the Kurdish Workers’ Party (PKK). Turkey
is also seeking that the Iraqi security forces arrest and deport more
than 100 PKK leaders known to be in Iraq.

Turkey has threatened to launch a full-scale military incursion into
northern Iraq if U.S. or Iraqi forces do not take steps to destroy
PKK bases, RosBusinessConsulting reports.