White House:
Turkey Told US, Iraq Of Incursion Plan
Feb 22 2008
Associated Press
WHITE HOUSE (AP) The White House says Turkey gave the United States and Iraqi
authorities advance notice of its incursion across the border into Iraqi
Kurdistan in pursuit of Kurdish guerrillas.
A White House spokesman says the Turkish government is being urged to limit its
operations to precise targeting of the Kurdish Workers Party, known as the PKK.
The PKK freedom fighters are fighting for autonomy in Turkish-occupied
Kurdistan. Turkey's military says its ground operation started after Turkish
warplanes and artillery bombed suspected guerrillas targets yesterday.
The White House spokesman stopped short of saying the United States played any
role in coordinating details of the incursion.
