Turkey's president Thursday said his country has finally lost patience with Kurdish rebels in Iraq as an delegation from Baghdad flew in to urge Ankara against launching a cross-border offensive against the guerrillas. President Abdullah Gul decried the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) use of Iraqi soil as a base to attack Turkey. The rebels killed 12 Turkish soldiers in an ambush on Sunday.His comments came amid fresh reports of Turkish airstrikes and ground operations against PKK positions on both sides of the mountainous, rugged region bordering Turkey and Iraq.
"Even though Turkey respects the sovereignty and unity of Iraq, her patience has come to an end and will not allow Iraqi soil to be used for terrorist activities," Gul told the Black Sea Economic Cooperation Organization
A high-level "security and political" delegation from Iraq was scheduled to begin a visit to Ankara on Thursday afternoon with talks expected to start on Friday.
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