Iraq promises Turkey it will curb Kurdish rebels
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Iraq promised on Tuesday to close the offices of Kurdish rebels and work to prevent them launching attacks on Turkey, hoping to head off a threatened invasion to crush them by Turkish troops massed on the border.
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The top commander of a Kurdish rebel group said his forces would resist any Turkish military incursion aimed at destroying rebel bases in northern Iraq, a news agency reported Saturday.
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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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Kurdish authorities in northern Iraq said Wednesday that their forces would defend civilians if they were caught up in any fighting between Turkish troops and Kurdish rebels from the outlawed PKK in the area.
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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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Iraq says it will help Turkey deal with Kurdish rebels on its territory and resolve tensions through dialogue.
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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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DIYARBAKIR, Turkey  - Turkey was poised on Monday to strike against Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq but will give Washington a few days to try to curb the separatists.
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Iraq said on Saturday it was ready to track down and arrest Kurdish guerrilla leaders responsible for cross-border raids into Turkey in an effort to avert a major incursion by the Turkish military.
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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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UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown says Britain will work with Turkey to solve the problem of Kurdish PKK rebels.
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Iraq urges Kurdish rebels to leave the north of the country to avoid cross-border raids by Turkey.
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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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Iraq said on Tuesday it would shut down the operations of Kurdish rebels based on its soil, hoping to head off a threatened invasion to crush them by Turkish troops massed on the border.
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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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The Kurdish leader who hopes to become Iraq's next president pledged to try to bring the country's disaffected Sunni Arabs into the political process even though many of them stayed away from the polls in landmark elections.
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President George W. Bush assured Turkey on Monday that he was pressing the Iraqi government to stop Kurdish rebel attacks on its territory as the United States sought to prevent a Turkish military incursion into northern Iraq.