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Turkey’s Invasion: Focus on Iraq After Syria Policy Failed

by mosesman

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  • Published on Dec 11, 2015
    Tensions between Turkey and Iraq are growing with Ankara moving its troops into northern Iraq, claiming they are there to train Kurdish forces. Since then Baghdad has been demanding they should be withdrawn. It even urged NATO to make its member respect national sovereignty, and went to the UN to ask for help there. The Arab League strongly condemned Turkey’s actions.
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  • Respecting Sovereignty? Iraq Wants UN to Intervene in Turkish Troop Saga 
    by http://sputniknews.com/  
    As Turkey continues in its refusal to remove troops from Iraq, Baghdad is officially seeking assistance from the United Nations Security Council. 
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    After hundreds of Turkish troops filed into northern Iraq last week, Baghdad was quick to call foul. Viewing the move as a breach of its national sovereignty, Iraq gave a 48-hour deadline for the complete withdrawal of Turkey’s forces.
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    That deadline came and went without any reaction from Ankara, which insists that the troops are essential to defend trainers at a military base in the region. Baghdad is now making good on its backup plan: an appeal to the UN Security Council.
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    On Thursday, Iraq’s foreign ministry said it was reaching out to the council’s five permanent members “to gather international support for issuing a Security Council resolution condemning this violation,” according to Defense News.
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    Baghdad has also appealed to Arab foreign ministers, requesting a meeting to discuss “the consequences of this violation.” Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan responded to Iraq’s appeal to the UNSC in a Friday interview with Al Jazeera, saying “that is their natural right, but this is not an honest step.”
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    While world leaders meet to resolve the situation, the Turkish government is also being warned to leave Iraq by regional militant groups. Furaq al-Mawt, whose name translates to “Death Squads,” released video earlier this week which threatened violence if Ankara did not withdraw its troops. The same group also took responsibility for kidnapping 18 Turkish workers in Iraq.
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