http://www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/article.php?enewsid=42322
Iran reportedly shells PKK targets in the Kandil Mountains in northern Iraq as Turkey has been deploying troops on the Iraqi border. Iran has not confirmed reports of its troops crossing into Iraqi territory, and Turkish officials deny any coordination with Iranian side
ANKARA - Turkish Daily News
Iranian forces shelled outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) bases in the Kandil Mountains in northern Iraq, news reports said yesterday. Iranian authorities did not confirm any entry of Iranian troops into Iraqi territory.
�I do not confirm the entry of our forces into the territory of neighboring countries, notably Iraq,� government spokesman Gholam Hossein Elham told reporters yesterday in Tehran.
Fırat News Agency, known for its close links to the PKK, said Iranian shelling throughout Sunday night targeted the Kandil Mountains, which Turkey says hosts PKK bases. In addition to the PKK bases, the Iranian military attacked villages in northern Iraq, the report said. Separately, Aref Ruzhdi, an Iraqi official from Iraqi President Jalal Talabani's Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), told Agence France-Presse yesterday that Iranian forces shelled targets north of Ranya, on the outskirts of Kandil.
Ruzhdi claimed the Iranian forces were acting in coordination with the Turkish military, but a Turkish official dismissed any coordination with the Iranian side.
The Kandil bases are believed to shelter a few thousand PKK terrorists who have been increasingly infiltrating into Turkey. U.S. magazine Newsweek said in its latest issue that Ankara was losing patience with U.S. inaction against the PKK and that Turkish cross-border activities could signal �dangerous new frictions to come,� warning of a �new front in the Iraq war.�
Signaling possible tension, Iraq's Kurdish President Talabani said yesterday that entry into northern Iraq by other countries' forces was unacceptable.
http://www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/article.php?enewsid=42320
Dangerous frictions with Iraq?
Tuesday, May 2, 2006
Dangerous frictions with Iraq?
DIPLOMACY
ANKARA - Turkish Daily News
Ankara is losing patience with United States inaction against the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in Iraq, and a Turkish cross-border operation inside Iraqi territory could signal �dangerous new frictions to come,� influential U.S. magazine Newsweek said.
The weekly quoted in its most recent issue �angry officials� at the Iraqi Foreign Ministry as saying that Turkish commandos had briefly crossed 15 kilometers into Iraqi territory in hot pursuit of PKK members.
Turkey has not confirmed cross-border activity but Chief of General Staff Gen. Hilmi
Iran reportedly shells PKK targets in the Kandil Mountains in northern Iraq as Turkey has been deploying troops on the Iraqi border. Iran has not confirmed reports of its troops crossing into Iraqi territory, and Turkish officials deny any coordination with Iranian side
ANKARA - Turkish Daily News
Iranian forces shelled outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) bases in the Kandil Mountains in northern Iraq, news reports said yesterday. Iranian authorities did not confirm any entry of Iranian troops into Iraqi territory.
�I do not confirm the entry of our forces into the territory of neighboring countries, notably Iraq,� government spokesman Gholam Hossein Elham told reporters yesterday in Tehran.
Fırat News Agency, known for its close links to the PKK, said Iranian shelling throughout Sunday night targeted the Kandil Mountains, which Turkey says hosts PKK bases. In addition to the PKK bases, the Iranian military attacked villages in northern Iraq, the report said. Separately, Aref Ruzhdi, an Iraqi official from Iraqi President Jalal Talabani's Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), told Agence France-Presse yesterday that Iranian forces shelled targets north of Ranya, on the outskirts of Kandil.
Ruzhdi claimed the Iranian forces were acting in coordination with the Turkish military, but a Turkish official dismissed any coordination with the Iranian side.
The Kandil bases are believed to shelter a few thousand PKK terrorists who have been increasingly infiltrating into Turkey. U.S. magazine Newsweek said in its latest issue that Ankara was losing patience with U.S. inaction against the PKK and that Turkish cross-border activities could signal �dangerous new frictions to come,� warning of a �new front in the Iraq war.�
Signaling possible tension, Iraq's Kurdish President Talabani said yesterday that entry into northern Iraq by other countries' forces was unacceptable.
http://www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/article.php?enewsid=42320
Dangerous frictions with Iraq?
Tuesday, May 2, 2006
Dangerous frictions with Iraq?
DIPLOMACY
ANKARA - Turkish Daily News
Ankara is losing patience with United States inaction against the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in Iraq, and a Turkish cross-border operation inside Iraqi territory could signal �dangerous new frictions to come,� influential U.S. magazine Newsweek said.
The weekly quoted in its most recent issue �angry officials� at the Iraqi Foreign Ministry as saying that Turkish commandos had briefly crossed 15 kilometers into Iraqi territory in hot pursuit of PKK members.
Turkey has not confirmed cross-border activity but Chief of General Staff Gen. Hilmi