Iraqi president visits Turkey after army operation (Reuters)

Courtesy Ytop stories  Sat, 03/08/2008 - 8:34am

US and Iraqi soldiers patrol an area during a joint military operation on the outskirts of the restive city of Baquba in January 2008.<br /><br />Iraqi security forces have found a mass grave containing around 100 decomposed bodies in restive Diyala province, in one of the biggest such finds in months, Iraqi and US officials have said.(AFP/File)Reuters - Iraqi President Jalal Talabani began his first visit as head of state to neighboring Turkey on Friday, just one week after Ankara ended a major army ground offensive against Kurdish PKK rebels based in northern Iraq.



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