WASHINGTON [MENL] -- Turkey and the United States have been quietly
cooperating in Iraq.Turkish and U.S. forces have coordinated in missions in northern Iraq.
Hundreds of Turkish soldiers have been integrated into a coalition force
that patrols the Kurdish areas of Iraq near the Kurdish border.The joint U.S.-Turkish force is called the Joint Iraqi Security Company.
Turkish special operations forces have joined the U.S. Army's 101st Airborne
Division for the mission.The U.S.-Turkish company has its headquarters in Mosul in northern Iraq.
U.S. officials said the Turkish and American soldiers have not encountered
any serious problems.
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