European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 7, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 stars and stripes june 2007 in the world officials turkish troops enter Iraq government denies commandos reportedly chased guerrillas Vatican in this photo made from a Man jumps Over a protective barricade As he tries to climb into the Back of Pope Benedict Xvi open air vehicle on the Pope was not Man arrested after lunge at Popes vehicle by Daniela Petroff the associated press Vatican City a German Man tried to jump into Pope Bene dict Xvi uncovered pop Mobile As the pontiff began his general audience on wednesday and held onto it for a few seconds before being wrestled to the ground by Security the Pope was not Hurt and didst even appear to notice that the Man had jumped Over the protective Barrier in the Square and had grabbed onto the White Pope Mobile As it drove the pontiff kept waving to the crowd and didst even look at least eight Security officers who were trailing the vehicle As it moved slowly through the Square grabbed the Man and wrestled him to the the Man was a 27yearold Ger Man who showed signs of men Tal said the Federico the Vatican his aim was not an attempt on the Popes life but to attract Atten Tion to Lombardi told re the whom Lombardi declined to was interrogated by Vatican police and then taken to a Hospital for psychiatric he the Man wore a Pink shirt and dark a beige baseball Cap and he vaulted up and Over the barricade from the second or third Row since the at the Vatican has tightened Security in Peters Square when the Pope is All Visi tors must pass by police to get into the with some walk ing through Metal detectors or being searched with Meta detect ing when the Pope uses the Pope Mobile in it is usually uncovered when he travels Over seas or outside the he usually uses one outfitted with bulletproof by selcan Hocaoglu the associated press Turkey hundreds of turkish troops crossed into Northern Iraq Early wednesday to Chase kurdish guerrillas who attack Turkey from bases turkish Secu Rity officials one official said the troops had returned to their bases by the end of the but turkeys foreign minister denied they had Ever entered the senior Security speaking on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the characterized the raid As a hot Pursuit raid that was limited in they told the associated press it did not constitute the kind of Large incursion that turkish leaders have been Dis cussing in recent one official said several thousand troops went less than two Miles inside Iraq and were still there in late it is a hot not an one official another official said by Telephone it was not a major offensive and the number of m we Are in a War with we will do whatever is necessary to fight 99 Abdullah Gul turkeys foreign minister troops is not in the tens of he also said the turkish troops went into a mountainous a third based in the Border said 600 commandos entered and were backed up by several thousand troops along the he said the commandos raided iraqi territory across from the turkish Border town of Cuk Urca before Dawn after rebels opened fire from the official said the commandos returned to their bases in Turkey later in the there was no immediate explanation for the conflicting accounts of the All three officials Are based in Southeast where the military has been battling separatist kurdish rebels since they took up arms in the officials stood by their statements de spite denials from turkish and iraqi turkeys private nov television quoted for eign minister Abdullah Gul As saying reports of a Cross order operation were there is no such no entry to another if such a thing then we would announce Gul several military officials at the Pentagon said they have seen nothing wednesday that would confirm the reports of turkish troops crossing the Border into we have no indications or no reports that the turks have conducted a Cross order operation into said Perry wig Deputy director of operations for the joint chiefs of official at military Headquarters in Ankara declined to confirm or deny the report that turkish troops had entered turkish authorities rarely acknowledge such military which were More fre quent before the invasion of Iraq in Bush Russia is not a threat to Europe by Terence Hunt the associated press Germany president Bush on wednesday discounted Vladimir Putin threat to re target missiles on eur saying russian not going to attack in an said no military response was required after Putin warned that Russia would take Steps in response to a missile shield that would be deployed in Poland and the czech Russia is not an Bush seeking not to inflame a heated Exchange of rhetoric Between Washington and there needs to be no military response because were not at War with Russia is not a nor is the missile defense were proposing a threat to Bush spoke before heading off to lunch with German Chancellor Angela who is hosting the annual meeting of 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