Turkey extends bill allowing raids in Iraq

Parliament votes to allow military to continue operations in northern Iraq against Kurdish rebels for another year.

Turkey's parliament extended a bill that allows the military to stage operations against Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq, brushing aside warnings from Iraq against cross-border raids on its territory.

With a show of hands on Thursday, legislators voted in favor of the measure extending the mandate for another year. It now expires on October 17, 2013.

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