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Turkey sends more troops, tanks to borders with Iraq to fight PKK - daily

ISTANBUL, June 6 (KUNA) -- Turkey, on Saturday, sent more troops and tanks to its borders with Iraq in a bid to crack down on banned PKK (Kurdistan Workers' Party).
Seventy army trucks, with soldiers and heavy artillery on board, headed to the border province of Sirnak, Turkish daily Milliyet said on its website.
The move follows intensive military deployment in the last few weeks, the daily said, adding that the army, and for almost a year now, was on high alert pending orders to make an incursion to northern Iraq and clamp down on the separatist militant organization.
PKK's goal has been, since 1978, to create an independent, socialist Kurdish state in Kurdistan, a geographical region that comprises parts of southeastern Turkey, northeastern Iraq, northeastern Syria and northwestern Iran. (end) ta.hb KUNA 062338 Jun 09NNNN