Turkish army build-up fuels anxiety on Iraq border
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GORUMLU, Turkey  - Turkey sent more tanks to its border with Iraq on Wednesday in a military build-up that is fuelling U.S. concern about a possible incursion into northern Iraq against Kurdish rebels.
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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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Turkey continued to bolster its forces at the Iraqi border after an ambush that left at least 12 Turkish soldiers dead and touched off an escalation in tensions.
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Turkey's foreign minister warned Monday that a federal system in Iraq that could lead to autonomous Shiite, Sunni and Kurdish regions could break up the country and threaten the stability of the region.
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Turkey has massed 140,000 soldiers on its border with northern Iraq, Iraq's foreign minister said Monday, calling the neighboring country's fears of Kurdish rebels based there "legitimate" but better resolved through negotiation.
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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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The U.S. continued efforts today to steer Turkey away from a military incursion into northern Iraq, after a cross-border raid by Kurdish rebels on Sunday killed 17 Turkish soldiers and raised the prospect of an escalating conflict.
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Fears of incursion grow after clashes leave 12 Turkish soldiers and 23 PKK guerillas dead.
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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.
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TUNCELI, Turkey  - Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan called crisis talks that may authorize a cross-border military offensive after Kurdish rebels killed at least 12 Turkish soldiers in an ambush on Sunday near the Iraqi border.
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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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BAGHDAD -- From south and north, Iraq's Kurdish region felt pressure from two sides yesterday, as saboteurs bombed a vital bridge link to Baghdad, and Turkish troops across the border massed for a possible strike.
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For most of the last decade, Kurdish guerrillas have staged attacks on the Turkish military from sanctuaries in Iraq's north, where no roads cut through the dense forest and jagged peaks, some already topped with waist-deep snow.
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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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SIRNAK, Turkey  - Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan threatened to order an incursion into northern Iraq against Kurdish guerrillas on Saturday after diplomatic talks with Iraq aimed at averting a cross-border raid failed.
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Not for the first time, events in Iraq are straining relations between two traditionally close allies, Turkey and the United States.
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Turkey has declared several areas near the border with Iraq to be "temporary security zones" in a sign of increasing activity by the military in its campaign against Kurdish rebels.