Iraq warns Turkey over incursion
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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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BAGHDAD, Oct. 23 -- Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki vowed Tuesday to halt the activities of Kurdish separatists staging strikes into Turkey from northern Iraq, marking his government's strongest declaration yet that it would act to forestall a Turkish invasion.
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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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Ankara: Turkey, a key NATO ally of the United States, on Monday warned it would halt all cooperation in Iraq if US forces continued attacking the mostly Turkmen populated Iraqi town of Tall Afar, Anatolia news agency said.
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Turkish armed forces could strike at any moment against Kurdish rebels Ankara says are sheltering over the border in Iraq, the country's army commander said Saturday.
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Tension rises amid speculation Turkey may launch an incursion into Iraq to tackle Kurdish rebels.
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Turkey's military warned Wednesday that the migration of large numbers of Kurds into the oil rich Iraqi city of Kirkuk could sway the results of the upcoming elections and possibly lead to clashes that could draw Ankara into the dispute.
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Turkey denied a report on Wednesday it had launched a major incursion into northern Iraq to crush Kurdish rebels, but a military source said troops had conducted a limited raid across the mountainous border.
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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 warned Saturday that it could send troops into northern Iraq if talks with Iraqi and US officials after Sunday&#39;s general elections fail to produce effective measures against Kurdish rebels based there.
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CIZRE, Turkey  - Turkish warplanes and troops attacked Kurdish rebels inside Iraq this week, security sources said on Wednesday, but Ankara wants to hold back from any major incursion for now and give diplomacy a chance.
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BAGHDAD - Senior Iraqi officials expressed concern yesterday that the escalating crisis in northern Iraq between Turkey and Kurdish guerrillas could undermine an important regional conference this week on the future of Iraq.
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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.
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Iraq, anxious to avert a Turkish military strike into its territory, pledged on Tuesday to rein in Kurdish separatists who are launching attacks on Turkey from northern Iraq.
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Iraqi delegation travels to Turkey amid reports of further clashes between Kurdish fighters and Turkish troops.
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Turkey expects the United States to take urgent action against Kurdish rebels hiding in northern Iraq, its prime minister said, in comments suggesting Ankara hopes to avoid a Turkish military operation in the region.
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BAGHDAD, Oct. 25 -- The Turkish military continued attacks Thursday against Kurdish separatists in mountainous areas along the Turkish-Iraqi border, according to a statement from the Turkish Military General Staff.