A U.S. envoy has failed again to reach agreement with Turkey on its plan to
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26/03/2003 04:05
VOA
The U.S. special envoy to the Iraqi Kurdish opposition, Zalmay Khalilzad,
said his talks with Turkish officials in Ankara are about a difficult and
complicated issue. Washington opposes what it calls any unilateral military
action in northern Iraq. Turkey told the European Union Tuesday its forces
are massed along the border with Iraq for humanitarian reasons and that it
has no intention of taking military action.
There have also been discussions at NATO headquarters on whether to support
Turkey's plan to send Turkish troops 20 kilometers inside northern Iraq to
create a buffer zone if a refugee crisis develops.
Kurds in northern Iraq have been running their own affairs since the end of
the first Gulf War in 1991, and they have threatened to fight any Turkish
incursion into their semi-autonomous region.
Turkey fears the end of Saddam Hussein's government could lead to the
creation of an independent Kurdish state.
Turkey's Kurdish rebels fought a 15 year war for autonomy in southeastern
Turkey.
The Kurds say an independent Kurdistan would include parts of Turkey as
promised in a 1920 treaty that followed World War I.
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Iran to be US next target: CIA Report
LAHORE, March 24 (Online): The next target of US after capturing Iraq will
be replacement of religious government in Iran with a secular government as
the US forces in Afghanistan have already started implementation on action
plan in this regard.
According to reliable sources, US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) had
submitted a detailed 300 pages long report to President George Bush in
which it was pointed out that during possible US attack on Iran religiously
motivated Jehadi (holy warrior) organizations would support Iran from the
border areas of Pakistan and Afghanistan.
