TURKISH PARLIAMENTARIANS PASS CROSS-BORDER MEASURE

PanARMENIAN.Net
17.10.2007 19:36 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Turkish lawmakers called on Wednesday for a military
operation in northern Iraq to crush Kurdish rebels hiding there as
Iraqi leaders stepped up a diplomatic offensive to avert any attack.

Parliament was scheduled later on Wednesday to pass a motion providing
the legal basis for a cross-border incursion that the United States,
Turkey’s NATO ally, fears would destabilize the most peaceful part
of Iraq and potentially the wider region.

"Turkey must eliminate this threat to its military, economic and
diplomatic interests," opposition lawmaker Sukru Elekdag told
parliament, pledging his party’s support for the motion, Reuters
reports.