Turkey vows to defeat PKK rebels
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Turkey's leaders vow to "pay any price" to defeat terrorism after the latest attack by Kurdish rebels.
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A Turkish offensive against Kurdish rebels in Iraq would have major consequences, Iraq's foreign minister says.
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SIRNAK, Turkey  - Turkey said on Monday it would 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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Iraq has vowed to do all it can to disrupt the PKK fighters sheltering in its border region with Turkey.
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The talks aim to avert an incursion by Turkeyâs military into northern Iraq to fight Kurdish separatist rebels.
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Turkey's prime minister said he would back the country's generals if they decide to retaliate for a suicide bombing in the capital by striking Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq.
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Turkey's rebel Kurdistan Workers' Party ordered a unilateral ceasefire effective October 1 in operations against the Turkish military.
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BAGHDAD - Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki vowed yesterday to halt the activities of Kurdish separatists staging strikes into Turkey from northern Iraq, marking his government's strongest declaration yet that it would act to forestall a Turkish invasion.
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President Abdullah Gul warned Kurdish rebels on Thursday that Turkey's patience was running out after Turkish forces said they had repelled a guerrilla attack near the Iraqi border.
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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's foreign minister said on  Thursday his country would not hesitate to act against Kurdish  rebels waging deadly attacks against its troops and warned them  against testing its resolve.
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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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SIRNAK, Turkey  - Turkish Cobra helicopters pounded Kurdish rebel positions near the Iraqi border on Tuesday and Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan reaffirmed Ankara's readiness to send troops over the frontier despite U.S. opposition.
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Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan signaled on Tuesday Turkey should focus on battling Kurdish guerrillas at home rather than in northern Iraq.
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Turkey stepped up pressure on the United States to help curb attacks by Kurdish rebels from northern Iraq ahead of a conference of Iraq's neighbors and major powers on Saturday seeking to lower cross-border tensions.
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Turkey's foreign minister said on Sunday that both diplomatic and military options were "on the table" in the country's fight against Kurdish PKK guerrillas in 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.