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Sandstorm Aborts Iraqi Premier's Visit To Turkey
October 16, 2006
October 16, 2006 -- A visit to Turkey today by Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki has been canceled after his plane could not take off because of a sandstorm in Baghdad.
Turkey's Foreign Ministry says the two sides are working on a new date for a visit.
Al-Maliki had been scheduled to travel to Ankara to meet with Turkish leaders to discuss the deteriorating security situation in his country and what steps to take against Iraq-based Turkish Kurdish guerrillas.
(AP)