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Mensaje: <blockquote data-quote="Legionnaire" data-source="post: 91678" data-attributes="member: 1810">Turkish officials: troops enter Iraq(miercoles 6 de junio)ANKARA, Turkey - Several thousand Turkish troops crossed into northernIraq early Wednesday to chase Kurdish guerrillas who operate from bases there, Turkish security officials told The Associated Press.Two senior security officials, speaking on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the media, said the raid was limited in scope and that it did not constitute the kind of large incursion that Turkish leaders have been discussing in recent weeks."It is not a major offensive and the number of troops is not in the tens of thousands," one of the officials told the AP by telephone. The official is based in southeast Turkey, where the military has been battling separatist Kurdish rebels since they took up arms in 1984.The officials did not say where the Turkish force was operating in northern Iraq, nor did he say how long they would be there.The officials said any confrontation with Iraqi Kurdish groups, who have warned against a Turkish incursion, could trigger a larger cross-border operation. The Turkish military has asked the government in Ankara to approve such an incursion, but the government has not given formal approval.An official at military headquarters in Ankara declined to confirm or deny the report that Turkish troops had entered Iraq.Turkish troops have occasionally launched brief raids in pursuit of guerrillas in northern Iraq, and have sometimes shelled suspected rebel positions across the border. Turkish authorities rarely acknowledge such military operations, which were more frequent before the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in 2003.Turkey has been building up its military forces on the Iraqi border in recent weeks, amid debate among political and military leaders about whether to attack separatist rebels of the PKK, or Kurdistan Workers' Party. The rebels stage raids in southeast Turkey after crossing over from hideouts in Iraq.During major incursions in the 1990s, fighting occurred on a front stretching more than 100 miles, mostly in rugged terrain where communications were difficult and the Turkish Kurds were already entrenched in the mountains.Basicamente lo que dice es que fuerzas turcas entraron en el norte Irak para perseguir a las guerrillas Kurdish.Dos oficiales de seguridad que prefirieron el anonimato por no estar autorizados a hablar con los medios comentaron que la incursion estaba limitada a poco alcance y que no constituia el tipo de largo alcance que los lideres turcos venian discutiendo.Ellos no dijeron en que parte del norte de irak las fuerzas turcas estaban operando y tampoco por cuanto tiempo estarian alli.Un oficial en el cuartel general del ejercito en Ankara declino confirmar o negar la informacion de que tropas turcas habian entrado en Irak.El resto es mas bien un poco de historia.Saludos.</blockquote>

Verificación: Libertador de Argentina