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WASHINGTON — The U.S. military has begun flying unarmed Predator drones out of a Turkish air base as part of a joint Turkish-American counterterrorism operation in northern Iraq, according to a senior defense official.
U.S. forces have been flying the drones from Iraqi bases since 2007 and have regularly shared the surveillance video with the Turkish government, which is concerned about attacks from the Kurdistan Workers Party, or PKK, based in northern Iraq.
But with most U.S. troops scheduled to leave Iraq by year’s end, officials were forced to consider Turkey’s request to house the drones.
