Turkey pounds rebel positions, Iraq pushes diplomacy
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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.
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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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Turkey's foreign minister arrived in Baghdad on Tuesday for talks with Iraq's government, with Ankara vowing military action in northern Iraq unless Iraqi and U.S. forces crack down on separatist Kurdish guerrillas.
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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 warplanes hit eight suspected Kurdish rebel hideouts in northern Iraq, the military said, the latest in Turkeyâs moves against separatists.
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Turkish Foreign Minister Ali Babacan flew to Baghdad on Tuesday for talks with Iraq's government in an effort to pressure Iraqi and U.S. authorities to crack down on Kurdish guerrillas, officials said.
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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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Turkish warplanes and long-range missiles have attacked Kurdish rebel positions in the mountains of northern Iraq near the Turkish border, according to Turkish military officials.
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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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Turkey said Friday it would continue its military operations against Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq, after several attacks this month against members of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
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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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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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Turkey has launched fresh air strikes against Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq, the Turkish military says.
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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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Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan signaled on Tuesday that Turkey should focus on battling Kurdish guerrillas at home rather than in northern Iraq.
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Turkeyâs prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, asked for help in the struggle against Kurdish separatists in 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.