Iraq to shut Kurd rebel offices
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Iraq says it will close the offices of the Kurdish PKK rebel group and stop its operations in the country.
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Iraq's Shiite-led government declared Saturday that after restive areas are calmed it will disband Sunni groups battling Islamic extremists because it does not want them to become a separate military force.
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Iran has closed its five entry points with Iraq's Kurdish region, in protest against the recent incarceration of an Iranian by the U.S. military, an Iraqi Kurdish official said Monday
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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 and Iraq have agreed to sign a counterterrorism deal cracking down on separatist Kurdish rebels holed up in bases in northern Iraq, officials said Wednesday.
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Iraq&#39;s interim government has declared a 60-day state of emergency across the country, except for the Kurdish north. The move was announced by a spokesman for interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi.
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Iraq's interim Prime Minister Ayad Allawi announced that proceedings would begin against former Baath Party leaders.
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BAGHDAD -- Iraq indefinitely halted all flights to and from Syria and closed a border crossing with Iran as the government prepares for a new security crackdown aimed at crushing violence in the capital and surrounding regions, a member of parliament and an airport official said yesterday.
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Kuwait and Gulf Link Transport Co (KGL) said on Friday it would halt its operations in Iraq after a group holding seven of its drivers hostage said they would release them if the firm ended its work in the country.
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Iraq will close all its borders for  five days starting next week, the government said on Thursday,  in a move designed to boost security.
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Iraq will re-open its borders with Iran and Syria, closed earlier this week in the initial stages of a security crackdown, a spokesman for the officer overseeing the plan said on Saturday.
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The Iraqi government on Thursday ordered Arabic satellite network Al-Arabiya to shut down its Baghdad operations for one month, state television reported. Al-Arabiya said Iraqi police later arrived at its offices to enforce the order.
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Iraq pledged on Tuesday to crack down on Kurdish separatists launching attacks on Turkey from hideouts in northern Iraq, in a bid to avert a Turkish military incursion into its territory to hit the rebels.
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Iraq pledged on Tuesday to crack down on Kurdish separatists launching attacks on Turkey from hideouts in northern Iraq, in a bid to avert a Turkish military incursion onto its territory to hit the rebels.
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Iraqi insurgents reportedly occupy a government building in the town of Khalis before being driven out by US troops.
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The largest political party representing Iraq &#39;s Sunni Muslim minority announced Monday that it would drop out of the Jan. 30 election, dealing
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Turkish troops have shelled suspected Kurdish rebel positions in Iraq, a government official said Wednesday, as military and civilian leaders were expected to discuss the scope and duration of a cross-border incursion