Turkey presses Iraq and US to halt Kurdish attacks
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West hails Turkey's search for a diplomatic solution as Ankara pressures US and Iraq to halt rebel attacks.
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Iraq said on Tuesday it would shut down the operations of Kurdish rebels based on its soil, hoping to head off a threatened invasion to crush them by Turkish troops massed on the border.
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CIZRE, Turkey  - Turkey said on Sunday that a military solution was still on the table to tackle Kurdish separatists in northern Iraq, while Washington urged dialogue to avert an incursion it fears will destabilize the region.
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Iraq's Kurdish region vowed Friday to fight off any attack as Washington said it was willing to help Baghdad crack down on rebels there to stave off a threatened Turkish incursion.
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Turkey informed the United States well in advance before launching weekend air raids into northern Iraq against Kurdish rebel bases, the Pentagon said Wednesday.
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Ankara's foreign minister is to visit Baghdad in an effort to halt attacks by Kurdish fighters based in Iraq.
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SIRNAK, Turkey  - Turkey said on Monday it will exhaust diplomatic channels before launching any military strike into northern Iraq to root out Kurdish rebels, who killed at least a dozen Turkish soldiers in fighting over the weekend.
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Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice intervened to ward off a strike by Turkey on northern Iraq after an ambush by Kurdish rebels left at least 12 Turkish soldiers dead.
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Not for the first time, events in Iraq are straining relations between two traditionally close allies, Turkey and the United States.
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ISTANBUL, Turkey -- Turkish warplanes attacked dozens of Kurdish rebel targets in Iraq on Monday as part of a U.S.-backed campaign to chip away at guerrilla strength while avoiding the risks of a ground-based offensive across the border.
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The United States is considering &quot;many actions&quot; to curb Turkish Kurd rebels based in northern Iraq and believes it can count on the help of the region's Iraqi Kurdish leaders, a US envoy said.
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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, making an unannounced visit to Iraq, urged Turkish and Iraqi leaders today to cooperate in dealing with Kurdish separatists in northern Iraq and warned Turkey against actions that cause civilian casualties or destabilize the region.
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Turkey's foreign minister rejected any cease-fire by Kurdish rebels Tuesday as he met with Iraqi leaders in Baghdad to press them to crack down on the guerrillas. Turkish forces massed on the border and tensions rose over a threatened military incursio
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ANKARA: US troops hunting down extremists in Iraq should take care not to kill civilians, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned in a television interview.
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Turkey's leaders are coming under severe public pressure to act against Kurdish rebels, after an attack on troops.
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U.S. President George W. Bush on  Tuesday said the United States would continue to help Turkey  fight Kurdish guerrillas along its border with Iraq but also  urged Ankara to find a long-term political solution to the  problem.
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