U.S. Says Iraq Will Accept Turkish Troops

By Deborah Amos

Published October 7, 2003 at 6:00 PM HST

The Bush administration says it is confident it will bring reluctant Iraqi leaders around to the idea of accepting Turkish troops under a proposal approved by the Turkish parliament. NPR's Deborah Amos reports.

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