Damien McElroy in Vamerni, Northern Iraq, is confronted by aggressive Turkish invaders defying US wishes and waiting for reinforcements. Kurdish troops inside northern Iraq were in a tense stand-off with apparently hostile Turkish forces last night after Ankara deployed tanks and commandos at least 15 miles south of the border. In the small town of Vamerni, three miles beyond the "buffer zone" announced by the Turkish government, eight Abram tanks were positioned around a bombed-out building on a strategic ridge overlooking the valley. Armoured personnel carriers and other military vehicles were also in partly concealed positions. Kurdish troops at a...