US Wants Turkey to Cooperate against Hizbullah, Hamas, Qaida

Washington has asked Turkey to cooperate against Hizbullah, Hamas and al-Qaida, the Turkish newspaper Taraf reported Wednesday.
It said CIA officials, during a meeting with Turkey’s intelligence chief in Washington last month, asked for more cooperation “against terrorist organizations, namely al-Qaida.”

While the Turkish intelligence chief urged the CIA for more cooperation in combating PKK separates activity and close down its military camps in north Iraq, the CIA official called on Turkey to undertake a more active role in the fight against the spread of Hizbullah, Hamas and al-Qaida in Iraq.