He agrees with Mr Denktash that the only way ahead in Cyprus is a confederation of two equal and independent states, with Turkish troops (some 30, 000) remaining on the island to protect the Turkish-Cypriots, who are outnumbered four to one.
There have also been persistent claims by independent aid groups that Sudanese government troops and rebels have used Chinese oil company airstrips to conduct bombing raids on villages and hospitals.
Bangladesh, formerly East Pakistan, says more than three million people died when West Pakistan sent troops to stop it becoming independent in 1971.
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Bangladesh says more than three million died when troops were sent to stop East Pakistan becoming independent in 1971.
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The separatist Polisario movement fought a guerrilla war against Moroccan troops until 1991 and still seeks to be recognised as an independent state.
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Turkish Cypriots declared an independent northern state in 1983 that is only recognized by Turkey, which maintains 35, 000 troops there.
The prospect that Turkish troops might themselves try to enter Iraq to thwart the Kurds there from forming an independent state that might foment Turkey's Kurdish population to rebel has been something the United States has sought to avoid.
Since a reconquest then became impossible, the Egyptian troops were withdrawn, and the allies were able to impose a settlement whereby Greece became an independent kingdom under their protection.
Russian troops withdrew from Chechnya in 1996 after the first Chechen war, leaving it de-facto independent and largely lawless, but then rolled back three years later following apartment building explosions in Moscow and other cities blamed on the rebels.
Pavel Felgenhauer, an independent military analyst who accurately predicted Russia's war with Georgia in August, says that Russia's troops are still poised for action.
So far this year, at least 290 international troops have been killed in Afghanistan, 224 of them American, according to icasualties.org, an independent monitoring website.
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