Turkey Pulls U.S. Into Decision on Kurds
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Turkey's military chief said yesterday that Ankara will delay a decision on whether to launch a cross-border offensive into Iraq until after Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan meets here with President Bush 10 days from now. "We will wait for his return," Gen. Yasar Buyukanit told reporters...
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Turkey asked the United States formally  on Tuesday to avoid another violation of its airspace after an  incident that exposed tensions between the NATO allies.
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Turks broadly support a strike into Iraq, but that could play into the hands of the PKK.
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The bombing was part of an American-sanctioned effort by Turkeyâs military to weaken the Kurdish guerrilla group that hides in northern Iraq.
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Turkey's air strikes against Kurdish rebels in Iraq had advance approval from the US, Turkey's military says.
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WASHINGTON - The United States acknowledged yesterday it has undertaken military moves against Kurdish rebels in Iraq after asserting for weeks that their strikes in Turkey were a diplomatic matter.
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INCIRLIK AIR BASE, Turkey, Oct. 6 -- An unexpected travel delay has forced the United States and its diplomatic partners to postpone until early next week a decision about what punitive actions to take against Iran over its nuclear program, a senior State Department official announced Friday.
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BAGHDAD, Oct. 23 -- Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki vowed Tuesday to halt the activities of Kurdish separatists staging strikes into Turkey from northern Iraq, marking his government's strongest declaration yet that it would act to forestall a Turkish invasion.
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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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U.S. intelligence shared with Turkey led to the weekend raids in northern Iraq on Kurdish militants, Turkey's ambassador to the United States said on Wednesday.
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Iraq will help Turkey crack down on separatist Kurdish guerrillas in the north of the country, Foreign Minister Hoshiyar Zebari said on Tuesday after talks with his Turkish counterpart.
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SIRNAK, Turkey  - Perched on a hillside overlooking the mountainous northern Iraqi border, Kurds in the southeastern Turkish town of Sirnak are nervously monitoring preparations for a possible cross-border military operation.
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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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The Bush administration is deliberating whether to abandon U.S. reconciliation efforts with Sunni insurgents and instead give priority to Shiites and Kurds, who won elections and now dominate the government, according to U.S. officials.
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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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The United States insisted on Tuesday that it was working closely with Turkey on a whole range of issues regarding Iraq amid reports that Turkey warned that it would halt
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Not for the first time, events in Iraq are straining relations between two traditionally close allies, Turkey and the United States.