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Turkish troops 'enter Iraq'
The US was firmly opposed to Turkish troops entering Iraq
Turkish troops have reportedly entered northern Iraq, despite opposition from the US.
Turkish military sources said at least 1,000 commandos had crossed the border, but US officials have cast doubt on the report.
The Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul had earlier announced that troops would move into the Kurdish-controlled north to stop an influx of refugees into Turkey and to prevent what he called "terrorist activity".
Turkey opened its airspace to US warplanes attacking Iraq on Friday.
But the US did not agree to Turkish troops entering Iraq, fearing clashes between the Turks and Iraqi Kurdish forces who control an autonomous area in northern Iraq.
"We know the Turks think that it's necessary to use the military to establish a humanitarian corridor in the north but frankly we don't agree," a US Government official told Reuters news agency.
Sources at the US State Department said they could not confirm reports that Turkish forces had entered Iraq.
"Our information is widely divergent," an official told the BBC.
Turkey already has several thousand troops a small distance into Iraq, but Iraqi Kurds oppose their presence, saying they threaten Iraq's territorial integrity.
Turkey wants to prevent the Kurds from forming a separate state.
Aid package withdrawn
Earlier, Turkish Defence Minister Vecdi Gonul told reporters the airspace agreement with the US was "in Turkey's interests".
He announced the decision after talks with Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and senior military and civilian officials.
Friday's agreement came after earlier talks between Turkey and US failed to resolve their differences.
Before the deal was announced, US Secretary of State Colin Powell had said: "At the moment we do not see any need for any Turkish incursions into northern Iraq."
The US originally asked Turkey to grant permission for 62,000 of its troops to use the country as a launch pad for an attack on Iraq.
Turkey would have received a multi-billion-dollar compensation package in return.
US officials say the financial package has now been withdrawn.
Correspondents say Friday's agreement will make it easier for the US to fly supplies into Iraq.
Before the announcement, Turkish officials had said any agreement for US aircraft to overfly the country would not extend to allowing them to refuel at Turkish airbases.
Turkish troops 'enter Iraq'
The US was firmly opposed to Turkish troops entering Iraq
Turkish troops have reportedly entered northern Iraq, despite opposition from the US.
Turkish military sources said at least 1,000 commandos had crossed the border, but US officials have cast doubt on the report.
The Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul had earlier announced that troops would move into the Kurdish-controlled north to stop an influx of refugees into Turkey and to prevent what he called "terrorist activity".
Turkey opened its airspace to US warplanes attacking Iraq on Friday.
But the US did not agree to Turkish troops entering Iraq, fearing clashes between the Turks and Iraqi Kurdish forces who control an autonomous area in northern Iraq.
"We know the Turks think that it's necessary to use the military to establish a humanitarian corridor in the north but frankly we don't agree," a US Government official told Reuters news agency.
Sources at the US State Department said they could not confirm reports that Turkish forces had entered Iraq.
"Our information is widely divergent," an official told the BBC.
Turkey already has several thousand troops a small distance into Iraq, but Iraqi Kurds oppose their presence, saying they threaten Iraq's territorial integrity.
Turkey wants to prevent the Kurds from forming a separate state.
Aid package withdrawn
Earlier, Turkish Defence Minister Vecdi Gonul told reporters the airspace agreement with the US was "in Turkey's interests".
He announced the decision after talks with Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and senior military and civilian officials.
Friday's agreement came after earlier talks between Turkey and US failed to resolve their differences.
Before the deal was announced, US Secretary of State Colin Powell had said: "At the moment we do not see any need for any Turkish incursions into northern Iraq."
The US originally asked Turkey to grant permission for 62,000 of its troops to use the country as a launch pad for an attack on Iraq.
Turkey would have received a multi-billion-dollar compensation package in return.
US officials say the financial package has now been withdrawn.
Correspondents say Friday's agreement will make it easier for the US to fly supplies into Iraq.
Before the announcement, Turkish officials had said any agreement for US aircraft to overfly the country would not extend to allowing them to refuel at Turkish airbases.
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