By Yesim Borg,, Tracy Wilkinson and Peter Spiegel, Special to The Times October 18, 2007
ANKARA, TURKEY -- By an overwhelming margin, Turkey's parliament on Wednesday authorized military raids into northern Iraq in pursuit of Kurdish rebels who have attacked Turkish targets.The vote added to rising tensions in the region, with Iraqi Kurdish forces, known as peshmerga, going on high alert, although senior Turkish officials indicated that no invasion was imminent.
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it feels good to see someone who is intereted in the regional politics...I used to think that what most of kuwaitis know about turkey are kabap, green Bursa & night clubs...
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