Turkey accuses Iraqi Kurds of harbouring 'terrorists'
10-31-2007, 11h08
ANKARA (AFP)
A Turkish army helicopter flies over the mountains. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has accused a top Iraqi Kurd leader of "harbouring" terrorists and said his cabinet would discuss economic sanctions against Iraqi Kurdistan.
(AFP)
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan accused a top Iraqi Kurd leader of "harbouring" terrorists and said his cabinet would on Wednesday discuss economic sanctions against Iraqi Kurdistan.
Turkey has massed troops along its border with Iraq to back its threats to carry out military strikes on Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) separatist rebel bases in northern Iraq.
In an accompanying war of words, Erdogan and other Turkish leaders have been particularly outspoken in their criticism of Massud Barzani, head of the Kurdish regional government in northern Iraq.
"What they (Barzani's followers) are doing there is quite simply harbouring a terrorist organisation," Erdogan said late Tuesday during a reception for Turkey's national day.
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