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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SIRNAK, Turkey  - Turkey said on Monday it will exhaust diplomatic channels before launching any military strike into northern Iraq to root out Kurdish rebels, who killed at least a dozen Turkish soldiers in fighting over the weekend.
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Ankara's foreign minister is to visit Baghdad in an effort to halt attacks by Kurdish fighters based in Iraq.
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Turkey on Monday called on Iraq to clamp down on armed Turkish Kurd rebels who have sought refuge across the border, as visiting Iraqi President Ghazi al-Yawar warned Ankara against interfering in its internal affairs.
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Several thousand Turkish troops crossed into northern Iraq early Wednesday to chase Kurdish guerrillas who operate from bases there, Turkish security officials told The Associated Press.
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Turkey moves a step closer to cross-border raids against Kurdish PKK fighters in Iraq. But it would prefer that Iraqi authorities shut down the separatists
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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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Turkish leaders lent extra weight Thursday to their threat of a military incursion against Kurdish separatists holed up in northern Iraq, as an Iraqi delegation arrived in Ankara for crisis talks.
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Iraq pledged on Tuesday to rein in Kurdish rebels who are launching attacks on Turkey from mountain hideouts near the border after Ankara threatened to send forces into Iraqi territory to confront the guerrillas.
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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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Hundreds of Turkish troops crossed  into Kurdish territory in northern Iraq overnight, Iraqi  officials said.
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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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HABUR, Turkey  - Turkish helicopters ferried more troops to the border with Iraq on Friday as diplomatic efforts got under way in Ankara to avert a major offensive against Kurdish guerrillas based in northern Iraq.
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Iraq will ask Iran and Turkey for border security arrangements to keep foreign militants out, similar to measures already agreed with Syria, the Iraqi Foreign Minister said on Monday.
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Turkish Foreign Minister Ali Babacan arrived in Baghdad on Tuesday for talks with Iraqi leaders aimed at defusing tensions along the countries' shared border.
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Turkey and Iraq reach a deal to allow Turkish forces to pursue Kurdish rebels into Iraq, media say.
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Turkey sets up "temporary security zones" near its border with Iraq, where it has already deployed extra forces.