Iraq MP: Turkey Doesn't Have Permission to Deploy Large Numbers of Troops Here
News From Antiwar.com Original and up-to-date news Iraq MP: Turkey Doesn’t Have Permission to Deploy Large Numbers of Troops Here Says incursion to hunt PKK members is an 'excuse' Iraqi MP Abbas Sarout, a member of the nation’s defense committee, told reporters on Friday that the “blatant Turkish incursion” into northern Iraq was unacceptable, and that chasing down PKK members was just “an excuse.” Sarout says Turkey does not have permission to deploy large numbers of troops into Iraq, and urged the government to take diplomatic measures to protect Iraqi sovereignty. This has be...