Iraq to Turkey: stop shelling north Iraq
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The Iraqi Foreign Ministry on Saturday issued a formal protest to Turkey over cross-border shelling into northern Iraq directed at separatist Kurdish rebels.
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The United States pressed the Iraqi government and Kurdish leaders to move quickly to stop Kurdish rebel attacks against Turkey and said on Monday it did not want to see the conflict widen along the border.
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ANKARA, Turkey -- Iraq's interim president promised yesterday to prevent Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq from launching attacks into Turkey, apparently hoping to avoid a Turkish military response.
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Turkey is considering a ground operation against Kurdish rebels based in northern Iraq, private broadcaster CNN Turk quoted Foreign Minister Ali Babacan as saying on Tuesday.
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ANKARA, Turkey  -- Turkish troops have shelled suspected Kurdish rebel positions in Iraq, a government official said Wednesday, as military and civilian leaders gathered to discuss the scope and duration of a cross-border incursion.
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Iraq on Tuesday pledged to crack down on Kurdish separatists carrying out attacks on Turkey from hideouts in the mountains of northern Iraq in a bid to avert a Turkish military incursion onto its territory to hit the rebels.
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BAGHDAD, Oct. 24 -- The Turkish military has ramped up military operations along the southern border with Iraq, with aircraft reportedly bombarding the mountainous terrain on Wednesday, part of a growing confrontation that threatens to open a new northern front in the Iraq war.
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BAGHDAD, Oct. 24 -- Turkey has ramped up military operations along its southern border with Iraq, with aircraft reportedly bombarding the mountainous terrain on Wednesday, part of a growing confrontation that threatens to open a new northern front in the Iraq war.
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A top Iraqi official said today the country would "actively help" Turkey halt the activity of Kurdish rebels who have been striking across the border from northern Iraq, a promise delivered amid a flurry of international diplomatic efforts to prevent a widening conflict between the two countries.
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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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SIRNAK, Turkey  - Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan threatened on Saturday to order an incursion into northern Iraq against Kurdish guerrillas after the failure of talks with Iraq aimed at averting a cross-border raid.
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Â· Invasion fears rise after Ankara rejects Iraqi planÂ·  Istanbul protesters call for release of PKK leader
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Iraq pledged on Tuesday to crack down on Kurdish separatists launching attacks on Turkey from hideouts in northern Iraq, in a bid to avert a Turkish military incursion into its territory to hit the rebels.
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Turkish warplanes hit Kurdish rebel targets in northern Iraq, Turkeyâs military said, and one woman was killed.
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Â· Direct talks urged to avert army strike on PKK rebels Â· Turkish leaders defiant amid foreign criticism
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Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul warned yesterday that a referendum planned this year on the status of the Iraqi city of Kirkuk should be canceled or else the outcome might widen the sectarian violence that has largely left the northern part of Iraq untouched.
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Turkey warned the United States that it would halt cooperation over Iraq if US forces did not stop their assault on the mostly Turkmen populated Iraqi town of Tall Afar, Anatolia news agency said.