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Turkish army amassing troops near Iraqi borders - paper

ANKARA, May 21 (KUNA) -- The Turkish army is amassing troops near the borders with Iraq after police positions were set on the Iraqi side of the borders, according to Hurriyet newspaper in its online edition on Monday.
It said there was a "dangerous escalation" on the Turkish-Iraqi borders where around 120 Peshmerga troops were deployed at border crossings after they received two-month training on military confrontations.
The paper made the report at a time the Turkish army was carrying out heavy combing operations in the southeast of Turkey to search for Kurdish separatists.
Hurriyet reported a state of panic in the villages in northern Iraq due to the military movements. (end) tb.bs KUNA 212036 May 07NNNN