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Pragmatism prevails, so far; Turkey and the Kurds.(Turkey, its own Kurds and those in Iraq)
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The Economist (US)
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October 11, 2003
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Most of the Kurdish groups in Iraq will, glumly, accept Turks--in transit
IN HIS biggest gamble since taking over as Turkey's prime minister seven months ago, Tayyip Erdogan this week persuaded an overwhelming majority of MPs from his ruling Justice and Development Party to let his government send as many as 10,000 Turkish soldiers to Iraq for a year. Many Turks are still queasy about the idea. Not surprisingly, even more Kurds, on both sides of the Turkish-Iraqi border, are unhappy too. But there is a fair chance, provided the Turkish troops do not linger near the border or set up permanent supply posts on their way south, that the operation will proceed smoothly.
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