Turkish troops repulse rebel attack, Gul vows action
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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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Dozens of military vehicles headed toward the Iraq border and protesters demanded tough action against Kurdish rebels on Monday, a day after 12 soldiers were killed in an ambush. The attack has pushed Turkey closer to a possible incursion into Iraq to target insurgents hiding there.
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Turkey's top general said Thursday the military was ready to stage a cross-border offensive to fight Kurdish guerrillas in Iraq and that he already had sought government approval to mount military action.
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Turkey intends to pursue Kurdish rebels in Iraq, though planning for military operations is not being done urgently in response to a deadly ambush inside Turkey by the guerrillas, the country's defense chief said Sunday.
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Kurdish rebels kill at least seven Turkish soldiers in a raid on a military outpost in eastern Turkey, officials say.
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Turkey has launched fresh air strikes against Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq, the Turkish military says.
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TUNCELI, Turkey  - Kurdish rebels killed at least 12 Turkish soldiers and wounded 16 others in an ambush on Sunday, prompting Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan to call crisis talks to consider a military strike against rebel bases in Iraq.
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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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Separatist Kurdish rebels killed 16 Turkish soldiers and wounded 17 in an ambush Sunday in the mountainous southeast of the country, security sources said.
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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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TUNCELI, Turkey  - Nine Turkish soldiers were killed overnight in a clash with Kurdish rebels near the Iraqi border, military sources said on Sunday.
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Separatist Kurdish rebels attacked a military unit near Turkey's border with Iraq and Iran on Sunday, killing nine Turkish soldiers, the state-run Anatolia news agency reported.
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President Abdullah Gul warned Kurdish rebels on Thursday that Turkey's patience was running out after Turkish forces said they had repelled a guerrilla attack near the Iraqi border.
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Turkey's foreign minister said on Thursday his country would not hesitate to act against Kurdish rebels waging deadly attacks against its troops and warned them against testing its resolve.
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Turkish troops and Kurdish rebels clashed in southeastern Turkey in fighting that killed two soldiers and a guerrilla, news reports said Sunday.
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BAGHDAD, Oct. 25 -- The Turkish military said it had continued attacks Thursday against Kurdish separatists in mountainous areas along the Turkish-Iraqi border, as officials of the two countries and the United States gathered to attempt to defuse the crisis.
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CIZRE, Turkey  - Turkish warplanes and troops have attacked Kurdish rebels inside Iraq and forces were being built up on the border, but Ankara was holding back from any major strike for now, military sources said on Wednesday.