Article: US sees no change in its Iraq role Officer says Kurdish attacks on Iraqi police won't force shift in plans

DOHUK, Iraq -- Coalition forces in northern Iraq will not be drawn deeper into providing security in the region, despite recurring attacks by Kurds on Iraqi police, a US spokesman said yesterday.

"We don't think the incidents have any dimensions that would necessitate any revision in our plans," said Lt. Col. Philip Crowley of the US Air Force, a spokesman for the allied command at Incirlik, Turkey. "It is really something the Iraqis and Kurds themselves should work out."

About 2,000 Kurds stormed the police station in the provincial capital of Dohuk on Saturday. There have been three similar attacks this month on the police station in Zakho, near the Turkish border.

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