U.S. 'wants Kurdish rebels seized'
CNN, Tuesday, July 19, 2005; Posted: 8:42 a.m. EDT (12:42 GMT)
A Turkish military official says the United States has ordered the arrest of Kurdish rebel leaders in Iraq, a Turkish news agency reported.
Turkey has long urged Iraq and the U.S. to take firm action to stop Turkish Kurdish guerrillas based in Iraq from crossing into the country.
Deputy Chief of Staff Gen. Ilker Basbug was quoted by the news agency Anatolia Tuesday as saying the U.S. gave direct orders that leaders of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) be arrested in northern Iraq.
A Turkish military official says the United States has ordered the arrest of Kurdish rebel leaders in Iraq, a Turkish news agency reported.
Turkey has long urged Iraq and the U.S. to take firm action to stop Turkish Kurdish guerrillas based in Iraq from crossing into the country.
Deputy Chief of Staff Gen. Ilker Basbug was quoted by the news agency Anatolia Tuesday as saying the U.S. gave direct orders that leaders of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) be arrested in northern Iraq.
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