Turkish Soldiers Killed in Kurdish Rebel Attack
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At least nine soldiers died, increasing the pressure on the Turkish government to launch an offensive into Iraq.
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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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CIZRE, Turkey  - Turkish warplanes and troops have attacked Kurdish rebels inside Iraq and forces were being built up on the border, but Ankara was holding back from any major strike for now, military sources said on Wednesday.
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Kurdish rebels kill at least seven Turkish soldiers in a raid on a military outpost in eastern Turkey, officials say.
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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 confirmed Monday that eight soldiers were missing after clashes with Kurdish separatists, ramping up public pressure on the government to strike rebel bases in northern Iraq despite US opposition.
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Washington on Sunday said it was "outraged" at an ambush by "terrorist" Kurdish rebels on a Turkish military patrol that killed at least 12 soldiers, amid spiking cross-border tensions.
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Turkish aircraft on Sunday carried out fresh attacks on Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq, Turkey's Anatolia news agency reported, citing a spokesman for the Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga security force.
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Turkish planes bombed an area  of Iraq near the border with Turkey on Tuesday to attack  Kurdish separatists and the army said it had killed at least  150 guerrillas in its air offensive earlier this month.
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TUNCELI, Turkey  - Two Turkish troops were killed in combat with separatist Kurdish rebels and a mine blast in eastern Turkey, army sources said on Friday.
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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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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 to give diplomacy a chance.
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Two Turkish troops were killed  in combat with separatist Kurdish rebels and a mine blast in  eastern Turkey, army sources said on Friday.
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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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Kurdish rebels killed at least  12 Turkish soldiers and wounded 16 others in an ambush on  Sunday, prompting Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan to call crisis  talks to consider a military strike against rebel bases in  Iraq.
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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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Dozens of Turkish military vehicles streamed toward the Iraqi border with heavy artillery and ammunition Monday after Kurdish guerrillas killed a dozen soldiers and claimed to have captured eight in an intensifying crisis threatening to spill into Iraq.