U.S. Helps Turkey Hit Rebel Kurds In Iraq
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The United States is providing Turkey with real-time intelligence that has helped the Turkish military target a series of attacks this month against Kurdish separatists holed up in northern Iraq, including a large airstrike on Sunday, according to Pentagon officials.
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The United States continued efforts today to steer Turkey away from a military incursion into northern Iraq, after a cross-border raid by Kurdish rebels on Sunday killed 17 Turkish soldiers and raised the prospect of an escalating conflict.
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Turkish troops have shelled suspected Kurdish rebel positions in Iraq, a government official said Wednesday, as military and civilian leaders were expected to discuss the scope and duration of a cross-border incursion.
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Turkey on Monday called on Iraq to clamp down on armed Turkish Kurd rebels who have sought refuge across the border, as visiting Iraqi President Ghazi al-Yawar warned Ankara against interfering in its internal affairs.
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GORUMLU, Turkey  - Turkey sent more tanks to its border with Iraq on Wednesday in a military build-up that is fuelling U.S. concern about a possible incursion into northern Iraq against Kurdish rebels.
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Turkey's air strikes against Kurdish rebels in Iraq had advance approval from the US, Turkey's military says.
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Iraq says it will help Turkey deal with Kurdish rebels on its territory and resolve tensions through dialogue.
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The bombing was part of an American-sanctioned effort by Turkeyâs military to weaken the Kurdish guerrilla group that hides in northern Iraq.
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Turkish warplanes hit separatist Kurdish rebel targets in northern Iraq early on Sunday, Turkey's military said.
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Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan  will urge the United States to take concrete action to crack  down on Kurdish guerrillas in Iraq, newspapers said on Sunday,  as a unilateral rebel ceasefire went into effect.
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DIYARBAKIR, Turkey  - Kurdish rebels killed 17 Turkish soldiers and wounded 16 others in an ambush on Sunday, prompting crisis talks in Ankara to consider a military strike against rebel bases in Iraq.
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CIZRE, Turkey  - Turkish warplanes and troops have attacked Kurdish rebels inside Iraq and forces were being built up on the border, but Ankara was holding back from any major strike for now, military sources said on Wednesday.
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Turkish aircraft on Sunday carried out fresh attacks on Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq, Turkey's Anatolia news agency reported, citing a spokesman for the Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga security force.
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Turkish planes bombed an area  of Iraq near the border with Turkey on Tuesday to attack  Kurdish separatists and the army said it had killed at least  150 guerrillas in its air offensive earlier this month.
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President George W. Bush assured Turkey on Monday that he was pressing the Iraqi government to stop Kurdish rebel attacks on its territory as the United States sought to prevent a Turkish military incursion into northern Iraq.
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Turkish helicopters and fighter jets pounded Kurdish rebel positions on Friday as diplomatic efforts began in Ankara to avert a major offensive against the guerrillas based in northern Iraq.
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Turkish troops have shelled suspected Kurdish rebel positions in Iraq, a government official said Wednesday, as military and civilian leaders were expected to discuss the scope and duration of a cross-border incursion