Turkey may scrap Iraq deployment

ISTANBUL, Turkey -- Turkey's prime minister said Saturday that his country would scrap plans to send troops to Iraq if Iraqis continue to oppose the deployment.

Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's government supports sending peacekeepers to Iraq, as requested by the United States, and parliament approved a deployment last week.

But the proposed deployment has met vocal opposition from many Iraqis, who fear Turkey wil pursue its own agenda. The U.S.-appointed Iraqi Governing Council has come out against having Turkish troops.