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PKK Kurdish Rebels: We Won't Stop Fighting In Iraq

AP | SINAN SALAHEDDIN | Posted 03.24.2009 | World

Read More: Kurdistan Workers' Party, Talabani, Turkey, Pkk, Kurdish Rebels, Iraq War, Iraq Turkey, War Wire, Abdullah Gul, Foreign Affairs, Iraq, Talabani Pkk, Turkey Iraq, World News

BAGHDAD — Kurdish rebels on Tuesday rejected calls by Iraq's president to stop fighting against Turkey and leave Iraqi territory as the visiting...

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What Israel Can Learn From Turkey

GroundReport | Posted 01.08.2009 | World

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Turkey, Kurds, Gaza, Turkey Kurds, Israel Gaza Airstrikes, Kurdish Rebels, Israeli Airstrikes, Israel Gaza, Israel, Israel Airstrikes, Turkey and Kurds, Israel Gaza Operation, World News
GroundReport

Originally published on GroundReport.com, the citizen journalism site covering world news at the local level. By Selene Verri Turkey recently conde...

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Turkey, Iran Coordinating Iraq Strikes Against Kurdish Rebels: Report

AP | SUZAN FRASER | Posted 06.05.2008 | Politics

Read More: Warwire, War in Iraq Turkey, Iran, Turkey and Iran, Turkey Iran Iraq Strikes, Kurdish Rebels, Politics News

ANKARA, Turkey — Turkey and Iran have been carrying out coordinated strikes on Kurdish rebels based in northern Iraq, a top Turkish general said...

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Kurdish rebels threaten suicide attacks against US

AP | YAHYA BARZANJI | Posted 05.05.2008 | Home

Read More: Warwire, Kurdish Rebels, Iraq Surge, Home News

QANDIL MOUNTAINS, Iraq — Kurdish rebels could launch suicide attacks against American interests to punish the U.S. for sharing intelligence with...

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Turkey says warplanes hit Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq

AP | Posted 04.16.2008 | Politics

Read More: Warwire, Iraq War, Turkey, Northern Iraq, Pkk, Kurdish Rebels, Turkey Airstrikes, Politics News

ISTANBUL, Turkey — Turkish warplanes hit an area in northern Iraq where a group of Kurdish rebels was trying to infiltrate Turkey, the military ...

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Turkish Troops Withdraw From Iraq

AP | CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA | Posted 02.29.2008 | Politics

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ISTANBUL, Turkey — Truckloads of weary and unshaven Turkish troops returned Friday from Iraq as Turkey ended an eight-day cross-border offensive...

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Turkey Attacks Kurds; US Calls for Halt

AP | BURHANETTIN OZBILICI | Posted 02.27.2008 | Home

Read More: Iraq Government and Turkish Government, Iraq Government vs Turkish Government, Iraq War, Kurdish Rebels, Turkey in Iraq, Turkish Airstrikes, Warwire, Breaking Politics News, Home News

CUKURCA, Turkey — Turkish fighter jets, helicopters and hundreds of commandos streamed across the border into northern Iraq Wednesday despite Ir...

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Iraq Government Demands Turkey Withdraw From Country

AP | KIM GAMEL | Posted 02.26.2008 | Politics

Read More: Warwire, Iraq War, Turkey in Iraq, Kurdish Rebels, Iraq Government and Turkish Government, Iraq Government vs Turkish Government, Turkish Airstrikes, Politics News

BAGHDAD — The Iraqi government demanded for the first time that Turkey immediately withdraw from northern Iraq, warning Tuesday it feared an ong...

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Turkish Military Kills 41 Kurdish Rebels

AP | Posted 02.25.2008 | Home

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CUKURCA, Turkey — Turkey's military said Monday it had killed 41 more separatist Kurdish rebels in clashes in northern Iraq, raising the reporte...

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Turkish Jets Bomb Northern Iraq

NY Times | Sabrina Tavernise | Posted 02.04.2008 | Politics

Read More: Warwire, Turkey and Iraq, Turkey, Turkey Kurds, Turkey Iraq Invasion, Kurdistan, Kurdish Rebels, Turkey Iraq, Politics News

Turkish fighter jets bombed targets in northern Iraq on Monday, the Turkish military said, the fifth major strike against Kurdish rebels this year. I...

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Oil Prices Jump On Supply Concerns

AP | John Wilen | Posted 12.26.2007 | Business

Read More: Turkey Kurds, Turkish Airstrikes, Turkey, Oil Prices, Oil Supply, Kurdish Rebels, Business News

Oil prices jumped Wednesday on supply concerns, stoked by a new round of Turkish airstrikes in northern Iraq and a growing belief that domestic oil in...

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Turkish Jets Launch More Strikes Into Northern Iraq

AP | Posted 12.26.2007 | Home

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Turkish warplanes hit eight suspected Kurdish rebel hideouts in northern Iraq on Wednesday, the third cross-border air assault in 10 days, Turkey's mi...

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Turkey Claims More Than 200 Kurdish Rebel Targets Hit

AP | C. ONUR ANT | Posted 12.25.2007 | Home

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Turkish airstrikes and artillery have hit more than 200 Kurdish rebel targets in the mountains of northern Iraq since Dec. 16, killing hundreds of ins...

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Turkish Helicopters Fire Into Iraq

AP | YAHYA BARAZANJI | Posted 11.13.2007 | Home

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Turkish helicopter gunships attacked abandoned villages inside Iraq on Tuesday, Iraqi officials said, the first such airstrike since border tensions h...

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Turkey: Surge In Fighting With Kurds "Unavoidable"

AP | SUZAN FRASER | Posted 10.31.2007 | Politics

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Turkey's prime minister said Tuesday increased military action against separatist Kurdish rebels was "unavoidable" and pressed the United States for a...

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Does "Hot Pursuit" Allow Turkey to Invade Iraqi Kurdistan?

Lionel Beehner | Posted 10.17.2007 | Politics

Read More: Iraqui Kurds Hot Pursuit, Pkk Guerillas, Kurdish Rebels, Peshmerga, PJAK, Iranian Kurds, Turkey Kurds, Politics News
Lionel Beehner

Under international law, can Turkey carry out such an operation in "hot pursuit" of Kurdish guerillas?

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Turkey Wants Approval For Military Operation Within Iraq

AP | Posted 10.15.2007 | Home

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The Turkish government will seek parliamentary approval for a military operation against Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq, a government spokesman said ...

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