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Iraqi delegate voices objection to Turkish plan to send troops

IRNA

Putrajaya, Malaysia, Oct 12, IRNA -- Iraqi Governing Council voiced 
objection to a Turkish decision to send troops to Iraq demanded by the
United States. 
Head of Iraqi delegation, Riyad al-Fadhli, told reporters upon his
arrival that Iraq voices objection to have any peacekeeping troops 
from neighboring countries. 
The Iraqi governing council is worried that Turkey will pursue its
own agenda in Iraq causing unrest in the Kurdish area, al-Fadhli said.
Tahsin Burcuoglu, Turkish delegate to the expert meeting 
said that Turkish troops would not be there as part of the occupation.
Head of Kurdestan Democratic Party (KDP) Masoud Barzani already 
opposed such a deployment saying that Turkey may escalate tension 
in Iraqi Kurdish populated area. 
Barzani is also a member of the Iraqi Governing Council. 
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