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Turkey | Turkey’s parliament authorizes military into northern Iraq to oust rebels | Jill Nelson

Turkish soldiers patrol on the Turkish-Iraqi border

Iraq's Kurdish north has been a sanctuary for thousands of Iraqis fleeing the chaos and sectarian killings in Baghdad and the volatile provinces. That could all change after Turkey's Parliament burst into applause on Oct. 17 upon authorizing a military incursion against Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq—a blow to the battered Iraqi government and its war-weary civilians.

Turkish leaders say that an assault is not imminent, but their action provoked Washington and Baghdad. President George Bush urged Turkish leaders to rethink the resolution. Iraqi leaders—fearful that such an incursion could throw their only peaceful region into chaos—flew to Ankara to persuade its leaders to engage in diplomacy instead of combat.

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