Turkey takes measure to prevent Kurdish state

The US Defense News magazine said that the tense relations between Turkey and the Kurdish groups of Masoud al-Barazani in northern Iraq, obstructs Washington's plan of directing a military attack against Iraq.

In its recent issue, the magazine which is close from the US defense department said that Washington fears the eruption of armed conflict between the Turkish army and the followers of al-Barazani during the American military operation.

The magazine added that the measures taken by al-Barazani towards forming an independent Kurdish state annoyed the Turkish administration which completed necessary preparations to prevent the formation of such a state.