Turkish firms leave (northern Iraq) as tensions rise over Kurdish rebels

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Source: Azzaman

In a surprise move, Turkish firms working in northern Iraq have begun to terminate their activities in anticipation of a major Turkish military incursion.

Turkish troops are amassing on the border in preparation of a possible military operation against Turkish Kurdish rebels in the area.

The rebels are said to be using the Iraqi Kurdish region as a springboard for attacks inside Turkey.

The Kurdish regional government says it has mobilized its militias, locally known as peshmerga, to confront any military incursion by Turkey.

Read more: http://www.azzaman.com/english/index.asp?fname=news/2007-10-10/kurd.htm

[Javaman]

1. Here it comes. nt