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• Turkey Seeks Lawmakers' Blessing For Attack on Rebel Kurds in Iraq

  Published: October 10, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Turkey, Seeks, Lawmakers, Blessing, For, Attack, Rebel, Kurds, Iraq, Jamal Abdullah, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Sean Mccormack, European Union, Kurdistan Workers Party, Turkish Justice Development Party, U S Department Of State, United States, Washington Dc

  SIRNAK, Turkey, Oct. 9 -- Turkey's ruling party decided Tuesday to seek parliamentary approval for an offensive against Kurdish rebels based in northern Iraq, a move that could open a new front in the Iraq war and disrupt one of that nation's few relatively peaceful areas.

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• Worried Iraqi Officials Urge Calm as Turkish-Kurdish Conflict Escalates

  Published: October 11, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Worried, Iraqi, Officials, Urge, Calm, Turkish Kurdish, Conflict, Escalates, Iraq, Turkey, Baghdad, United States, Kurdistan Workers Party, Labeed M Abbawi, Marony Ohanis, U S Armed Forces, Mohammed Al Askari, Oldsmobile Motor Company, Reuters Group Plc, The Associated P

  BAGHDAD, Oct. 10 -- Turkish armed forces' escalation of bombing and shelling in northern Iraq, along with threats of a broad ground incursion across the border, has alarmed and surprised Iraqi officials, who say the problems Turkey faces from rebel groups can be solved peacefully through diplomacy.

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• Premier Says Turkey Is Ready For Split With U.S. Over Kurds

  Published: October 13, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Premier, Says, Turkey, Ready, For, Split, U S, Over, Kurds, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, United States, Iraq, Kurdistan Workers Party, Cable News Network Lp Lllp, Abdul Qadir, Baghdad, Derya Kanbay, George W Bush, Nicholas Burns, Robin Wright, U S Democratic Party, Washington Dc

  ISTANBUL, Oct. 12 -- Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Friday that he is prepared for a rupture in relations with the United States if his government launches an incursion into northern Iraq in search of Kurdish rebels.

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• U.S. Urges Turkish Restraint On Kurds

  Published: October 14, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: U S, Urges, Turkish, Restraint, Kurds, Iraq, Kurdistan Workers Party, Turkey, United States, Egemen Bagis, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, George W Bush, Henri Barkey, U S Armed Forces, U S Congress, U S Department Of State, Glock Pistols, Ankara, Bulent Aliriza, Center For Strate

  ISTANBUL, Oct. 13 -- U.S. officials began an intense lobbying effort Saturday to defuse Turkish threats to launch a cross-border military attack against Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq and to limit access to critical air and land routes that have become a lifeline for U.S. troops in Iraq.

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• U.S. Urges Turkish Restraint On Kurds

  Published: October 14, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: U S, Urges, Turkish, Restraint, Kurds, Iraq, Kurdistan Workers Party, Turkey, United States, Egemen Bagis, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, George W Bush, Henri Barkey, U S Armed Forces, U S Congress, U S Department Of State, Glock Pistols, Ankara, Bulent Aliriza, Center For Strate

  ISTANBUL, Oct. 13 -- U.S. officials began an intense lobbying effort Saturday to defuse Turkish threats to launch a cross-border military attack against Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq and to limit access to critical air and land routes that have become a lifeline for U.S. troops in Iraq.

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• Turkish General Sees U.S. Ties at Risk

  Published: October 15, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Turkish, General, Sees, U S, Ties, Risk, Kurdistan Workers Party, Turkey, United States, Iraq, George W Bush, Nancy Pelosi, Ankara, Yasar Buyukanit, U S House Of Representatives, Bill Clinton, Condoleezza Rice, Dennis Hastert, Europe, Middle East, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Ros

  ISTANBUL, Oct. 14 -- The commander of Turkey's armed forces warned that U.S.-Turkish military relations will be irreparably damaged if the U.S. House of Representatives approves a resolution accusing his country of genocide in the mass killings of Armenians nearly a century ago, according to an...

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• Turkey Requests Authority to Attack

  Published: October 16, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Turkey, Requests, Authority, Attack, Iraq, Kurdistan Workers Party, United States, Nouri Al Maliki, Cemil Cicek, Ergin Saygun, U S House Of Representatives

  ISTANBUL, Oct. 15 -- The Turkish government asked parliament Monday for a one-year authorization to conduct military operations in northern Iraq to attack Kurdish separatist guerrillas, but senior government officials attempted to play down the prospects of an immediate attack.

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• Leading Iraqi Urges Caution Toward Kurds

  Published: October 17, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Leading, Iraqi, Urges, Caution, Toward, Kurds, Iraq, Kurdistan Workers Party, Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, United States, British Broadcasting Corporation, Ahmet Turk, Baghdad, Barham Saleh, Europe, Saddam Hussein, Tariq Al Hashimi, Democratic Society Party

  ANKARA, Turkey, Oct. 16 -- Iraqi Vice President Tariq al-Hashimi, on an emergency visit here Tuesday, urged Turkish officials to resolve their problems with Kurdish separatists on Turkey's border through diplomacy rather than military action.

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• Kurds From Iraq Kill 17 Soldiers in Turkey

  Published: October 22, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Kurds, From, Iraq, Kill, Soldiers, Turkey, Sadr City, Kurdistan Workers Party, United States, Muqtada Al Sadr, Baghdad, George W Bush, U S Armed Forces, Najaf, Saddam Hussein, Hakkari Province, Kurdistan, The Washington Post Company, Abdul Rahman Al Chaderchi, Abdulla

  BAGHDAD, Oct. 21 -- An audacious cross-border ambush by Kurdish rebels based in northern Iraq killed at least 17 Turkish soldiers Sunday, ratcheting up pressure on the Turkish government to launch a military offensive into Iraq.

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• U.S. Warns Iraq to Halt Rebel Raids On Turkey

  Published: October 23, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: U S, Warns, Iraq, Halt, Rebel, Raids, Turkey, United States, Kurdistan Workers Party, George W Bush, Condoleezza Rice, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Baghdad, Barham Saleh, David Milliband, Istanbul, Robert Gates, U S Department Of State, Abdul Rahman Al Chaderchi, Abdullah Gu

  The United States has warned Iraqi leaders to take concrete steps to crack down on Kurdish rebels operating against Turkey from northern Iraq, as Turkey yesterday dispatched more troops and heavy weaponry toward the Iraqi border.

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• Deportation Target Has High-Profile Defenders

  Published: October 24, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Deportation, Target, Has, High Profile, Defenders, Ibrahim Parlak, Martin Dzuris, United States, Turkey, Kurdistan Workers Party, John Smietanka, Michigan, Carl Levin, Fred Upton, Chicago Sun Times, Andrew Greeley, Anne L Buckleitner, Chicago, Roger Ebert, Tim Counts, Czecho

  HARBERT, Mich. -- The Department of Homeland Security calls Ibrahim Parlak a terrorist linked to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and is trying to deport him to his native Turkey.

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• Turkey Intensifies Border Operations

  Published: October 25, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Turkey, Intensifies, Border, Operations, Iraq, Kurdistan Workers Party, United States, Condoleezza Rice, The Associated Press, Baghdad, Abdul Rahman Al Chaderchi, Cairo, Dahuk, Dana Perino, Diyarbakir, Iran, Naseer Nouri, Raymond Odierno, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, The White Hou

  BAGHDAD, Oct. 24 -- Turkey has ramped up military operations along its southern border with Iraq, with aircraft reportedly bombarding the mountainous terrain on Wednesday, part of a growing confrontation that threatens to open a new northern front in the Iraq war.

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• Turkey Pulls U.S. Into Decision on Kurds

  Published: October 27, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Turkey, Pulls, U S, Into, Decision, Kurds, Ankara, United States, Iraq, Kurdistan Workers Party, Baghdad, George W Bush, Istanbul, Condoleezza Rice, Joseph Ralston, Massoud Barzani, Nato, Middle East, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, U S Armed Forces, U S Central Command, Ali Babacan

  Turkey's military chief said yesterday that Ankara will delay a decision on whether to launch a cross-border offensive into Iraq until after Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan meets here with President Bush 10 days from now. "We will wait for his return," Gen. Yasar Buyukanit told report...

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• Turkey Crisis Could Threaten Meeting on Iraq

  Published: November 1, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Turkey, Crisis, Could, Threaten, Meeting, Iraq, United States, Iran, Basra, Hoshyar Zebari, Manouchehr Mottaki, Kurdistan Workers Party, The Associated Press, The Washington Post Company, Baghdad, Des Browne, Donald Tusk, Istanbul, K I Ibrahim, Mirembe Nantongo, Naseer No

  BAGHDAD, Oct. 31 -- Senior Iraqi officials expressed concern Wednesday 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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• Iraq Pledges Action on Kurdish Guerrillas, Warns Turkey Against Force

  Published: November 4, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Iraq, Pledges, Action, Kurdish, Guerrillas, Warns, Turkey, Against, Force, Condoleezza Rice, United States, Kurdistan Workers Party, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Ryan Crocker, Baghdad, Istanbul, Iran, Syria, Ankara, Bosphorus Strait, Damascus, Europe, George W Bush, Jerusalem, Manou

  ISTANBUL, Nov. 3 -- Iraq vowed Saturday to take strong measures against Kurdish guerrillas on the Turkish border but warned Turkey and other parties at a conference of neighboring governments against moves that would "destabilize" Iraq's already tenuous security.

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