Turkey appears to soften stand on moving troops across border

Wednesday, March 26, 2003

ANKARA, Turkey -- Turkey will send its forces up to 12 miles into northern Iraq to stop any flood of refugees -- but only if a crisis situation develops, Turkey's foreign minister said Tuesday.

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