Iraq promises crack down on rebels
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Iraq on Tuesday pledged to crack down on Kurdish separatists carrying out attacks on Turkey from hideouts in the mountains of northern Iraq in a bid to avert a Turkish military incursion onto its territory to hit the rebels.
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Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al- Maliki told his security forces on Tuesday to show no mercy toward insurgents in a security crackdown in Baghdad.
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Iraq's prime minister pledged Saturday to protect and support the Christian minority that has been fleeing the chaos and sectarian violence in the country.
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Iraq&#39;s interim prime minister warned yesterday that insurgents were trying to foment a sectarian war in the country, as 50 people were arrested over Sunday&#39;s twin car bomb attacks in Najaf and Kerbala which left 67 dead.
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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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The Iraqi government pledged Saturday it would do everything in its power to protect voters from insurgent attacks during next week's national elections, as militants announced they'd killed 15 captive Iraqi national guardsmen for cooperating with the Americans.
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Iraq has vowed to do all it can to disrupt the PKK fighters sheltering in its border region with Turkey.
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FALLUJA, Iraq  - Iraq's interim government  declared martial law on Sunday after insurgents killed 23 Iraqi  policemen and set off blasts in Baghdad in a fresh show of  force before a planned U.S. offensive on Falluja and Ramadi.
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Iraq will seal its borders next week to  prevent Shi'ite pilgrims flooding into the country, the  government said on Thursday, in the latest emergency measure  intended to thwart insurgent violence.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq  - Rebel Shi'ite cleric Moqtada  al-Sadr has ordered his militia to end attacks on U.S. and  Iraqi government forces and will soon unveil plans to pursue  his goals through politics rather than conflict, aides said  Monday.
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Iraq's interim government vowed on  Wednesday to disarm insurgents bent on derailing January  elections and drive foreign militants from Falluja, where the  latest clashes with U.S. forces killed eight people.
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Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi has given the go-ahead for a US-led attack on the rebel stronghold of Falluja. Allawi announced a curfew in Falluja and Ramadi from 1800 local time
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Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki ordered Iraq's military commanders on Tuesday to speed up preparations for a U.S.-backed crackdown in Baghdad after a string of attacks killed hundreds of people in recent days.
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Iraq said Tuesday it would shut its  land borders and bar traffic from getting close to voting  centers over the Jan. 30 polls to try to thwart attacks, as  insurgents targeted a Shi'ite party with a suicide bomb.
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Prime Minister Iyad Allawi vowed yesterday that Iraq would go ahead with national elections by January, even if rampant violence and insurgent activity
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BAGHDAD: Iraq announced plans Monday to roll out an arms-for-cash program across the country as hopes of fresh talks to avert a US military showdown in the Iraqi rebel hub of
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The Iraqi commander of the Baghdad security crackdown announced Tuesday that Iraq will close its borders with Syria and Iran and ordered the return of unlawfully seized homes, as part of the drive to end the violence that has threatened to divide the capital along sectarian lines.