Turkey hunts PKK rebels after Iraqi talks fail
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SENOBA, Turkey  - Turkish military planes scoured the Iraqi border for Kurdish rebel camps on Saturday, army sources said, after diplomatic talks in Ankara to avert a major cross-border operation into northern Iraq failed.
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TUNCELI, Turkey  - Nine Turkish soldiers were killed overnight in a clash with Kurdish rebels near the Iraqi border, military sources said on Sunday, in an attack that will increase pressure on Turkey to send troops into Iraq.
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A high-level Iraqi delegation held talks with Turkish officials Friday to try to defuse tensions over Kurdish rebels based in northern Iraq.
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Iraqi delegates are heading to Ankara in an effort to avert attacks by Kurdish rebels over the Turkish border.
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BAGHDAD - The Turkish military said it continued attacks yesterday against Kurdish separatists in mountainous areas along the Turkish-Iraqi border, as officials of the two countries and the United States gathered to attempt to diffuse the crisis.
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ISTANBUL, Jun 19 (IPS) - Turkey is beefing up military preparedness against  Iraq-based Kurdish rebels as a prelude to a possible cross-border  incursion that is opposed by the United States, European Union  and the Iraqi government.
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Turkey's political and military leaders are to meet to discuss details of a possible strike against PKK rebels.
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ANKARA, Turkey - Attack helicopters buzzed over a hilly region in southeastern Turkey yesterday looking for Kurdish rebels after troops reportedly killed 15 separatist guerrillas in a morning operation far from the increasingly tense border with Iraq.
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CIZRE, Turkey  - Turkish warplanes and troops attacked Kurdish rebels inside Iraq this week, security sources said on Wednesday, but Ankara wants to hold back from any major incursion for now and give diplomacy a chance.
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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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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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Dozens of military vehicles headed toward the Iraq border and protesters demanded tough action against Kurdish rebels on Monday, a day after 12 soldiers were killed in an ambush. The attack has pushed Turkey closer to a possible incursion into Iraq to target insurgents hiding there.
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Turkey's military may stage more cross-border operations into northern Iraq to hunt down separatist Kurdish rebels, Turkey's parliament speaker said Thursday, as the justice minister again urged the rebels to surrender.
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Turkish armed forces could strike at any moment against Kurdish rebels Ankara says are sheltering over the border in Iraq, the country's army commander said Saturday.
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Turkey on Thursday accused Iraq of making &quot;no effort at all&quot; to curb Turkish Kurd rebels who it says take refuge in northern Iraq where they obtain large amounts of explosives.
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DIYARBAKIR, Turkey  - Turkish forces said they repelled a Kurdish rebel attack near the Iraqi border and President Abdullah Gul warned the PKK on Thursday that Turkey's patience was running out.
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Turkish helicopters and fighter jets pounded Kurdish rebel positions on Friday as diplomatic efforts got off to a rocky start in Ankara to avert a major offensive against the guerrillas based in northern Iraq.