| Turkish troops enter north Iraq
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Turkish ground forces have crossed the border into northern Iraq to target Kurdish rebels said to be sheltering there, Ankara has said.
It said the raid began late on Thursday after an air and artillery bombardment.
Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan has said the offensive is limited in scale and troops will return as soon as possible.
Iraqi officials say they remain unaware of any major incursion into the north, and Kurdish officials believe it took place in a remote and unpopulated area.
| 10,000 troops doesn't exactly sound like a small force to me...and I doubt the Kurdish Peshmerga will view it as such.
How long before the Kurds insist on aid from the central Iraqi government to repel these incursions?
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