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Meanwhile: Turkey Won't Send Troops to Iraq

Turkey Won't Send Troops to Iraq

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) -- Turkey will not send its troops to Iraq to relieve U.S. forces there, the Anatolia news agency reported Friday.

Turkey's Parliament approved the deployment of peacekeepers in Iraq last month, but Iraqis have fiercely opposed having Turkish troops on their country's soil.

Turkey's semi-official Anatolia agency cited government sources Friday saying Turkey decided not to send troops.

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