Turkey vows to defeat PKK rebels
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Turkey's leaders vow to "pay any price" to defeat terrorism after the latest attack by Kurdish rebels.
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Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan vowed on Saturday to continue to hit Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) targets in Iraq and criticized EU countries for not cracking down fully on PKK affiliates within the bloc.
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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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ISTANBUL, Turkey -- Turkish warplanes attacked dozens of Kurdish rebel targets in Iraq on Monday as part of a U.S.-backed campaign to chip away at guerrilla strength while avoiding the risks of a ground-based offensive across the border.
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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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Turkey's military declares its "unshakable determination" to defeat Kurdish separatists based in Iraq.
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Turkish President Abdullah Gul said on Thursday Turkey was determined to take the necessary steps to end the threat from Kurdish guerrillas based in northern Iraq.
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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.
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Turkey said Friday it would continue its military operations against Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq, after several attacks this month against members of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
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Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan called on Baghdad on Friday to shut down camps run by separatist Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq and to hand over guerrilla leaders.
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Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan will urge the United States to take concrete action to crack down on Kurdish guerrillas in Iraq, newspapers said on Sunday, as a unilateral rebel ceasefire went into effect.
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Turkey said on Monday it would  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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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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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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Iraq's interim president promised on Monday to prevent Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq from launching attacking into Turkey, apparently hoping to avoid a Turkish military response.
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Separatist Kurdish rebels killed at least 12 Turkish soldiers and wounded 17 more in Hakkari Province near Turkey's border with Iraq and Iran on Sunday, a Turkish government source told CNN.
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ANKARA, Turkey - Turkey's top military commander promised yesterday to make Iraq-based Kurdish rebels "grieve with an intensity that they cannot imagine," while the prime minister said his nation would fight "when needed," regardless of international pressure.