White House Urges Turkey to Stay Out of N. Iraq In Ankara, Turkish officials meet with a U.S. envoy as tensions grow over Turkey's plans to send troops over the border into Iraq. Turkish forces continue to mobilize along the Turkey-Iraq border. U.S. officials have asked Turkey not to send troops in, and Kurdish fighters vow to resist any major incursion. Hear NPR's Guy Raz.

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White House Urges Turkey to Stay Out of N. Iraq

March 25, 200312:00 AM ET

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In Ankara, Turkish officials meet with a U.S. envoy as tensions grow over Turkey's plans to send troops over the border into Iraq. Turkish forces continue to mobilize along the Turkey-Iraq border. U.S. officials have asked Turkey not to send troops in, and Kurdish fighters vow to resist any major incursion. Hear NPR's Guy Raz.