Turkish Troops Pull Out of Iraq

[February 29, 2008]  CUKURCA, Turkey (AP) -- Turkey's military says it has completed its goals against Kurdish rebels in Iraq and its troops have returned.

The military says the units have returned to their bases as of this morning.

Turkey launched the incursion into northern Iraq more than a week ago against the Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, a group fighting for the autonomy of predominantly Kurdish southeastern Turkey.

The rebels have carried out attacks in Turkey from bases in Kurdish Iraq.

[Associated Press]

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