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Article: Turkey: United States still holding Turkish forces; detentions are "unacceptable"

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Dateline: ISTANBUL, Turkey Turkey has failed to secure the release of 11 Turkish special forces detained by the United States in northern Iraq, Turkish officials said Sunday, drawing out a diplomatic impasse between the two NATO allies.

Government spokesman Cemil Cicek said the 11 Turkish soldiers were still under U.S. custody and had been taken to Baghdad, despite earlier reports that some had been released. Cicek said the U.S. military had released some civilians detained in the raid in the northern Iraqi city of Sulaymaniyah on Friday, but said the Turkish special forces were not among those released.

Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan had said Saturday that some ...

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