Turkey demands Iraq, U.S. to control borders

BAGHDAD / IraqiNews.com: Turkey officially demanded Iraq and the United States to control the joint borders and to prevent gunmen from infiltrations, according to a report issued by a Turkish daily on Sunday. “A message was addressed to the Iraqi government demanding the necessity of controlling the joint borders and to prevent gunmen from infiltrations,” the daily Turkish newspaper Hurriyet quoted a Turkish diplomat as saying. “The Turkish ambassador in Washington delivered a similar message to U.S. officials,” he said. “Border preservation is a duty that must be shouldered by both Iraq and Coalition forces,” he added. “The message also included a request to ban the activities of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) to guarantee that last Friday’s attack would not be repeated,” he noted. MH (P)/AmR 1