Turkey says U.S. intelligence led to Iraq raids
1274
U.S. intelligence shared with Turkey led to the weekend raids in northern Iraq on Kurdish militants, Turkey's ambassador to the United States said on Wednesday.
683874
The bombing was part of an American-sanctioned effort by Turkeyâs military to weaken the Kurdish guerrilla group that hides in northern Iraq.
643760
ANKARA, Turkey  -- 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.
117811
The Turkish military defends air strikes and a ground incursion into Iraq to target alleged PKK rebel positions.
237166
Turkey denied a report on Wednesday it had launched a major incursion into northern Iraq to crush Kurdish rebels, but a military source said troops had conducted a limited raid across the mountainous border.
73783
Turkish police foiled a bomb attack in the capital Ankara on Tuesday, the sixth anniversary of the 9/11 al Qaeda attacks on the United States, and authorities said they were stepping up security measures.
448975
SULAIMANIYA, Iraq  - Turkish warplanes bombed villages deep in northern Iraq early on Sunday, killing one woman and wounding two other people in one of the heaviest raids against Kurdish rebels in months, local officials said.
84199
Turkey paraded its military muscle Monday, amid stern warnings from Baghdad that any large-scale Turkish incursion against Kurdish rebel bases in northern Iraq would have "disastrous" results.
451507
Turkey said dozens of its warplanes bombed Kurdish rebel targets as deep as 60 miles inside northern Iraq for three hours Sunday, the largest aerial attack in years against the outlawed separatist group. Turkey's military chief said the U.S. gave intelligence and tacit approval for the raid.
538994
Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Sunday cautioned Turkey against sending troops into northern Iraq, as it has threatened, to hunt down Kurdish rebels it accuses of carrying out terrorist raids inside Turkey.
227082
Turkey has launched fresh air strikes across the border into northern Iraq against Kurdish rebels, the army says.
88740
A Turkish offensive against Kurdish rebels in Iraq would have major consequences, Iraq's foreign minister says.
685842
Turkish warplanes bombed Kurdish guerrilla targets in northern Iraq on Saturday, the General Staff said, in Turkey's latest cross-border offensive.
483581
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.
382985
Two U.S. jets appear to have crossed into Turkish airspace over the border with Iraq inadvertently, a U.S. Embassy official said Monday, adding that the incursion was under investigation.
106076
SULAIMANIYA/ANKARA  - Turkish warplanes bombed Kurdish guerrilla targets in northern Iraq on Wednesday in their fourth such cross-border raid in five days, Turkey's general staff said on Wednesday.
144298
DAHUK, Iraq/CIZRE, Turkey  - Turkish warplanes attacked a village in northern Iraq on Wednesday, an Iraqi Kurdish security official said, but Turkey said it wanted to hold back from a major incursion to give diplomacy a chance.