Turkey, Iraqi Kurds and U.S. try to reduce tensions in N. Iraq
Last Updated: Monday, March 24, 2003 | 8:07 AM ET
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Efforts are underway to defuse rising tensions between Turkey and Kurds living in northern Iraq. The U.S. has established a commission to co-ordinate military activity in the region.
The commission is being set up in the Turkish town of Silopi on the Iraqi-Turkish border, and will include Kurdish-Iraqi, American and Turkish officials.
Turkey has a large number of soldiers massed on its border with Iraq to prevent the Kurds from declaring an autonomous state. The Turkish government fears a Kurdish state in Iraq could lead to similar demands for independence from its own Kurdish minority.
On Saturday, there were unconfirmed reports that 1,500 Turkish commandos had moved into northern Iraq. The Turkish army chief denied its forces entered Iraq.
Tension rises in Turkey
The U.S. government has lobbied Turkey not to send forces into Iraq. The U.S. fears Turkish intervention could lead to fighting between Iraqi Kurds and Turkey.
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