As the end-of-the-year deadline for withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq nears, U.S. officials are reportedly considering moving elements of the nation’s drone program to Turkey. Using Predator drones based in Iraq, the United States currently shares surveillance with Turkey in an effort to target the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, which the United States considers a terrorist group. In addition to complicating the U.S.-Turkey intelligence-sharing arrangement, the Dec. 31 deadline for withdrawal has also prompted the military to consider whether to base backup or rotational training forces in Kuwait to provide the additional military support U.S. commanders say will be necessary in Iraq beyond 2011.