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Stop violations of our sovereignty or
al Maliki to Washington:
'Stop Turkey's violations of our sovereignty or we'll conclude a 'Military &
Security' agreement with Tehran ..."
[Azzaman]: "... Maliki wants to hear the United States’ position on
Turkey's violations of Iraqi territory .Turkish aircraft violated Iraqi
space to bomb PKK camps in northern Iraq in the Kurdistan region, where Turkish
forces are stationed a part of a formal agreement between Baghdad and Ankara,
ratified by Saddam in the early 1980s and renewed later.
Relations with
Ankara reached a low when Baghdad held Erdogan responsible for protecting
wanted/fugitive vice President Tariq al-Hashemi, who was sentenced to death for
'terrorism'... .
Izzat al-Shabandar, a close associate of Maliki,
told Azzaman that the Iraqis expect Washington to use its influence
over Ankara to stop the violation of Iraqi sovereignty ... If this
fails, observers believe that the US-Iraqi strategic agreement will be 'dead'
& replaced by a 'military and security' agreement with
Iran...."
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