River Posted April 25, 2003 Report Share Posted April 25, 2003 Turkey has summoned the US Ambassador to complain about a remark uttered by Ret. Gen. Jay Garner. Check Yahoo News, early afternoon edition, for more details. The US Ambassador was unaware that Gen. Garner had referred to Kirkuk as Kurdish...the mere thought of this has troubled Turkish authorities. Turkey does not want, by all means, to have Kirkuk associated to anybody but the ethnic Turkomans living in the region....for fear of any independence moves carried out by the Kurds living in that particular area. Furthermore, it is not surprising, Turkish soldiers were intercepted by US forces while crossing into the neighborhoods of Kirkuk WITH AK-7 (sp.?) WEAPONS. Of course both sides are trying to conceal the event for Turkey to 'save face'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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