Regional conference to focus on Iraq (AP)

A Turkish commando patrols in Sirnak near the Turkish-Iraqi border. Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki urged Tehran to help defuse the crisis with Turkey over Kurdish rebels and called for Iran's support at a conference on Iraq this week.(AFP/Mustafa Ozer)AP - The Iraqi foreign minister said Wednesday that this weekend’s regional conference in Istanbul must focus only on Iraq’s security and stability, not the border crisis over Turkey’s threatened incursion against Kurdish rebels.

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