Thursday, June 07, 2007
New Military Forces On Iraqi-Turkish Border
Region, Security
(Mashriq Newspaper) - 6 JUN - Yesterday, Turkey sent more military troops and tanks to their border with Iraq in a situation that a Turkish newspaper described as preparations against Kurdish insurgents in northern Iraq. CNN Turkish media said that forty tanks being transported by truck left the Turkish Army bases in Ankara and moved to Baatman Governorate on the Iraqi / Turkish border. They added that the transfer of these forces were simultaneous with a Turkish military operation against the PKK in southeast Turkey near the Iraq border. Turkey has started search operations supported by helicopters and artillery in the areas near the Iraqi / Turkish border in an effort to eradicate the PKK members and prevent them from infiltrating into Turkey.
Labels: Baatman Governorate, northern Iraq, PKK, tanks, Turkey
