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The Turkey incursion into Northern Iraq is really heating up. 77 Kurdish rebels were killed over night and Turkey is making a stronger presence in northern Iraq. Robert Gates finally addressed the situation: Defense Secretary Robert Gates has a message for Turkish leaders: Get your troops out of northern Iraq in the next few days. […]

Looks like Turkey is now involved, and not by our invitation: Several thousand Turkish troops crossed into northern Iraq early Wednesday to chase Kurdish guerrillas who operate from bases there, Turkish security officials told The Associated Press. Two senior security officials, speaking on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the […]