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It's Not About The West.(World Affairs)

Newsweek International

| November 05, 2007 | Matthews, Owen; Walls, Seth Colter | COPYRIGHT 2007 Newsweek, Inc. All rights reserved. Any reuse, distribution or alteration without express written permission of Newsweek is prohibited. For permission: www.newsweek.com. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Turkey is risking ties to the U.S. and Europe for a simple reason: its eyes are on the eastern front.

Iraqi law stops at a small checkpoint at the base of the Qandil Mountains, 40 kilometers short of the Turkish border. The little post is manned by a handful of Iraqi Kurdish fighters loyal -- officially, at least -- to the government in Baghdad. Beyond, up an unpaved track, is a no-man's land controlled by outlaw groups of Kurdish guerrillas who have used the rugged tangle of peaks to launch attacks inside Turkey, which have left more than 95 Turkish troops dead this year alone.

But if Turkey has its way, Qandil won't be bandit country for much longer. ...

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