Turkey closes airspace to N.Iraq flights: NTV

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Reuters

Turkey closes airspace to N.Iraq flights: NTV
34 minutes ago

ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey has closed its airspace to flights to and from northern Iraq, NTV television said on Thursday, as part of economic sanctions targeting groups supporting Kurdish militants operating in northern Iraq.

NTV gave no source for its report and it was not immediately clear whether the reported ban would affect U.S. military planes operating between NATO member Turkey and Iraq.

Ankara is furious with the autonomous Kurdish administration of northern Iraq for failing to crack down on PKK militants who are battling Turkish troops near the Turkish-Iraqi border


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[DLnyc]

1. Bus and wheels seem to be suffering decreasing adhesion to each other. nt

[Joe for Clark]

2. Guess they really don't have a lot of hope for the monday

meeting with B*sh -

You do understand - pretty hard to tell sometimes - I don't know how sophisticated their systems really are though - just what planes are flying over head. Even the Russians got this wrong sometimes.

Joe

[Supersedeas]

3. but Condi made this go away...she smiled and made it go away...didn't she?