dealing with terrorists in Northern Iraq. They also say US is favoring the Kurds...
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2//The Turkish Daily News 6 November 2003
http://www.turkishdailynews.com/FrTDN/latest/for.htm#f5 US COOL TO MORE TURKISH TROOPS IN NORTHERN IRAQ
ANKARA - Washington has signaled it would not welcome more Turkish troops in northern Iraq to eliminate a terrorist presence in the region and said it was taking every measure to contain the threat.
Turkish government officials said earlier this week that Turkey would not hesitate to intervene if a security threat arose from northern Iraq, where some 5,000 terrorists of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), also known as KADEK, are based, and warned Turkey could also boost its forces already deployed in the region if needed.
"We have made it clear that the PKK and KADEK are terrorist organizations and that we are undertaking every step to ensure that their activities are constrained, or are not allowed, and that appropriate steps to move against them are taken," Adam Ereli, a spokesman for the U.S. State Department said when asked on Tuesday to comment on Turkish statements. "And we continue to consult and work with, closely with, the government of Turkey towards that goal," he went on to say.
Turkish and U.S. officials have discussed ways to eliminate the PKK- KADEK presence, and U.S. authorities have assured Turkey that there would be no place in Iraq for the terrorist group. But there was no sign that there would be a joint crackdown on the group with the Turkish military.
Ereli did not comment on recent accusations by Turkish Ambassador Faruk Logoglu of favoritism for Iraqi Kurds and said the U.S. policy was "to help the Iraqis develop a political system that represents the views and interests of all Iraqis, and that is capable of having the legitimacy and credibility in taking over that country."
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