Iraq promises Turkey help over rebels
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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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Turkey and Iraq signed an anti-terrorism deal on Friday targeting Kurdish rebels based in northern Iraq, but failed to agree on a plan that would have let Turkish troops chase militants across their shared 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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Iraq's prime minister pledged Saturday to protect and support the Christian minority that has been fleeing the chaos and sectarian violence in the country.
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A special U.S. envoy assured skeptical Turks on Wednesday that the United States was determined to help counter Iraq-based Kurdish guerrillas waging an escalating battle for an autonomous homeland.
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Iraq today said it would send a military delegation to Turkey to discuss settling a dispute with a Kurdish separatist group.
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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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The Turkish military defends air strikes and a ground incursion into Iraq to target alleged PKK rebel positions.
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Turkey expects the United States to take  urgent action against Kurdish rebels hiding in northern Iraq,  its prime minister said, in comments suggesting Ankara hopes to  avoid a Turkish military operation in the region.
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Iraqâs foreign minister today offered to âpacify, isolate and disruptâ Kurdish separatist rebels in northern Iraq.
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Turkey and Iraq have agreed to work together to deal with the problem of Kurdish PKK fighters in northern Iraq. Can diplomatic moves succeed?
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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 incursion.
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Turkey demanded the extradition of Kurdish rebel leaders based in Iraq's north on Friday, the Turkish deputy prime minister said Friday after meeting with an Iraqi delegation
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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 Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan will urge the United States to take concrete action to crack down on Kurdish guerrillas in Iraq, newspapers reported on Sunday, as a unilateral rebel ceasefire went into effect.
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Iraq, anxious to avert a Turkish military strike into its territory, pledged on Tuesday to rein in Kurdish separatists who are launching attacks on Turkey from northern Iraq.
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ANKARA, Turkey - Turkey's top military commander promised yesterday to make Iraq-based Kurdish rebels "grieve with an intensity that they cannot imagine," while the prime minister said his nation would fight "when needed," regardless of international pressure.