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Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61646-2002Oct21.html
Turkey May Increase Forces in Iraq
(Washington Post) - Because the Turks want to keep any fleeing Iraqis on the Iraqi side of the border, Turkey may increase its military presence in Iraq by thousands of troops. Turkey now has 2,000 to 5,000 troops in northern Iraq, assigned, in conjunction with Kurdish militias that control the area, to chase remnants of the Kurdish Workers' Party guerrilla force, which seeks autonomy for Turkey's large Kurdish minority. Turkish officials have warned that Kurdish efforts to expand the autonomous zone in the north could prompt Turkey to grab territory for itself.