Turkey sends troops to border, Iraq pushes diplomacy
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Turkish helicopters and fighter jets pounded Kurdish rebel positions on Friday as diplomatic efforts began in Ankara to avert a major offensive against the guerrillas based in northern Iraq.
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Reports that Turkey has massed a huge military force on its border with Iraq bolstered fears that an invasion targeting hideouts of Kurdish rebels could be imminent. But how deeply into Iraq is the Turkish army willing to go, how long would it stay and what kind of fallout could come from allies in Washington and other NATO partners?
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SULAIMANIYA, Iraq  - 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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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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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 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 incursion.
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Turkey has launched fresh air strikes across the border into northern Iraq against Kurdish rebels, the army says.
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In an effort to root out Kurdish separatist guerrillas Turkey is stepping up its presence along its border of Iraq.
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SIRNAK, Turkey  - Turkish Cobra helicopters pounded Kurdish rebel positions near the Iraqi border on Tuesday and Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan reaffirmed Ankara's readiness to send troops over the frontier despite U.S. opposition.
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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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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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Turkey's foreign minister flew to Baghdad Tuesday to pressure top Iraqi officials to crackdown on Kurdish rebels who ambushed and killed 12 Turkish soldiers two days before
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SULAIMANIYA, Iraq  - Turkish warplanes bombed an area inside Iraq near the border with Turkey on Tuesday, an Iraqi Kurdish border guard official said.
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Â· Iraqi president says PKK set to announce ceasefireÂ· Ankara intensifies military operations near border
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ANKARA, Turkey -- Hundreds of Turkish soldiers crossed into northern Iraq yesterday, pursuing Kurdish guerrillas who stage attacks on Turkey from hide - outs there, Turkish security officials and an Iraqi Kurd official said.
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Iraq today said it would send a military delegation to Turkey to discuss settling a dispute with a Kurdish separatist group.
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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.