Iraq to Deploy Troops in North of Country to Avoid Turkish Military Operations

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Iraq urges the Kurdish autonomy to
approve the deployment of troops on
the border with Turkey to prevent the
Turkish troops' entering Iraq, as well
as to stop air strikes on the country
against the militants of Kurdistan
Workers' Party, head of the Iraqi
parliamentary security committee
Iskander Witwit told Trend on
Wednesday.



"We urge the Kurdish autonomy to
provide the central government with
all rights to deploy the troops on the
border with Turkey to prevent Turkish
troops' entering Iraq," he added.

Bad relations between Baghdad and
the Kurdish autonomy hamper the
central government to take more
serious steps to prevent Turkish troops
to conduct military operations in
northern Iraq, he said.

Witwit said that the Iraqi parliament
is considering the issue of cancelling
the agreement about the presence of
Turkish troops in Iraq signed earlier
between Turkey and Iraq.


He added that the agreement is wrong
as it threatens Iraq's sovereignty.
Witwit added that many members of
the Iraqi Parliament support the
cancellation of the agreement between
Turkey and Iraq, allowing Turkish
troops to carry out air strikes in
northern Iraq.


"Turkey has recently started
conducting a policy of intervention in
the affairs of the regional countries,"
he said. "This unjustified interference
strongly influenced the relations
between Iraq and Turkey and
threatened their further
development."


Witwit stressed that Iraq had
repeatedly warned Erdogan's
government to refrain from
interfering in Iraq's internal affairs,
but in spite of this, Ankara continues
interfering by trying to create chaos in
the internal politics of the country.


"Turkey is cooperating with some
political forces in Iraq to destabilize
the situation in the country," he said.
"Ankara's ultimate goal is to split and
destruct Iraq."
He added that Turkey and Iraq must
reconsider their relations.


He stressed that Iraq stands for
improving these relations if Ankara
abandons its policy of interfering in
the country's affairs.
Earlier, the Turkish parliament
approved the mandate on transborder
operations against Syria as an answer
to firing on Turkish Shanliurfa city by
Syrian army.


A military operation, to be conducted
by Turkey in northern Iraq against
militants of the terrorist Kurdistan
Workers' Party is fully consistent with
international law, a source in the
Turkish government told Trend
earlier.


The conflict between Turkey and the
PKK has lasted for over 25 years. The
PKK is recognised as a terrorist
organisation by both the UN and the
EU.


Iraq Intends to Deploy Troops in North of Country to Avoid Turkish Army's Military Operations, 17 October 2012 Wednesday 11:52
 

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Can this be seen as a support for Assad Syria from Shi'ites?
 

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