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Turkey will put military observers in northern Iraq: Gul
ANKARA (AFP) Apr 10, 2003
 Turkey has agreed with the United States to put military observers in northern Iraq to monitor whether Kurdish forces have left the strategic oil city of Kirkuk, Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul told NTV television on Thursday.

"We will have military observers there... They (the United States) made the offer and we accepted it," Gul said.

"We will see in the field whether a fait accompli will be allowed in Kirkuk or not," he added.

He was speaking hours after US Secretary of State Colin Powell assured Ankara that it would send reinforcements to Kirkuk to replace Kurdish forces who seized the city earlier in the day.

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