Officials: Turkey withdraws from Iraq

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Source: ap

Officials: Turkey withdraws from Iraq

By YAHYA BARZANJI, Associated Press Writer 2 minutes ago

KIRKUK, Iraq - Turkey sent hundreds of troops about 1 1/2 miles into northern Iraq early Tuesday in an operation against Kurdish rebels but then withdrew them later in the day, Kurdish officials said.
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Jamal Abdullah, a spokesman for the regional Kurdistan government, told The Associated Press that the 300 Turkish troops had withdrawn about 15 hours after entering Iraq about 3 a.m.

Jabar Yawar, a spokesman for Kurdistan's Peshmerga security forces in Irbil, Iraq, told the AP that "today's Turkish military operation was a limited one, and the troops withdrew from Iraqi territory."

Turkish officials didn't immediately respond to requests for comment about the withdrawal.

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1. Sneaky Turks , they had an Exit Strategy.