Turkey builds up forces on Iraqi border
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Turkey has sent large contingents of reinforcement soldiers, tanks and armored personnel carriers to its border with Iraq as debate heated up over whether to stage a cross-border offensive to hit Kurdish rebel bases.
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IRBIL, Iraq -- Iraqi border police believe neighboring Turkey has amassed 20,000 to 30,000 soldiers along its southern border with Iraq. Turkish helicopters have flown into Iraqi airspace to conduct missions against Kurdish rebels in the mountainous region, and Turkish mortar shells regularly crash...
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The rocky hills of Sirnak  province echoed with the boom of tank shells fired by Turkish  troops on Thursday in military exercises near the Iraqi border.
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Iraq has vowed to do all it can to disrupt the PKK fighters sheltering in its border region with Turkey.
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BAGHDAD, Oct. 21 -- An audacious cross-border ambush by Kurdish rebels based in northern Iraq killed at least 17 Turkish soldiers Sunday, ratcheting up pressure on the Turkish government to launch a military offensive into Iraq.
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Turkish helicopters ferried more troops to the border with Iraq on Friday as diplomatic efforts got under way in Ankara to avert a major offensive against Kurdish guerrillas based in northern Iraq.
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Turkey's government was  under intense public pressure on Monday to launch a major  cross-border operation to crush Kurdish guerrillas operating  from northern Iraq after they killed 17 Turkish soldiers.
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Turkey on Saturday staged new air raids on Kurdish rebel positions in northern Iraq and more strikes will follow, the Turkish military said.
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Turkish troops crossed into northern Iraq in pursuit of Kurdish rebels Tuesday, two days after Turkey's military launched air assaults across the border, according to the chief of staff for the president of the Kurdish Regional Government.
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HABUR, Turkey  - Turkish helicopters ferried more troops to the border with Iraq on Friday as diplomatic efforts got under way in Ankara to avert a major offensive against Kurdish guerrillas based in northern Iraq.
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Dozens of military vehicles headed toward the Iraq border and protesters demanded tough action against Kurdish rebels on Monday, a day after 12 soldiers were killed in an ambush. The attack has pushed Turkey closer to a possible incursion into Iraq to target insurgents hiding there.
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Turkish armed forces could strike at any moment against Kurdish rebels Ankara says are sheltering over the border in Iraq, the country's army commander said Saturday.
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BAGHDAD, Oct. 25 -- The Turkish military continued attacks Thursday against Kurdish separatists in mountainous areas along the Turkish-Iraqi border, according to a statement from the Turkish Military General Staff.
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A group of Turkish troops enter northern Iraq, local officials say, after warning against Kurdish rebels there.
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DIYARBAKIR, Turkey  - Turkey's army has boosted troop levels in the restive southeast to more than 200,000, most of them stationed along the border with Iraq, security sources told Reuters on Friday.
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Turkey's government is pondering an attack on Kurdish separatists based in northern Iraq, raising fears among people along the frontier that military action will scuttle cross-border trade and wreck the region's rejuvenated economy.