Military reports 'neutralizing' Kurdish rebels
Reuters Apr 16, 08 9:30 AM CDT
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Turkey's air force flew into northern Iraq this morning, firing on a group of Kurdish guerrillas who officials said were attempting to cross the border, Reuters reports. The strikes "neutralized" several members of the Kurdistan Workers' Party, said Turkish military authorities. The Kurdish separatist group confirmed the Turkish attack but claimed there were no casualties.
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Says it made its point to the PKK
Reuters Feb 29, 08 8:57 AM CST
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Turkey pulled its troops out of northern Iraq today, ending a controversial offensive that had Washington and Baghdad on edge, Reuters reports. In a statement, Turkey said it had made its point. “There was no question of completely liquidating” the PKK, the military said, “but Turkey has shown the organization that northern Iraq is not a safe haven for them.”
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US, Iraq want quick
end to incursion aimed at Kurd rebels
Reuters Feb 27, 08 1:35 PM CST
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Despite mounting casualties and outside pressure, Turkey said today it would not give a timetable on pulling back troops from an offensive against Kurdish rebels in Iraq, Reuters reports. Turkish soldiers have killed 230 PKK guerillas since the conflict began, and lost 24 of their own. Iraqi and US officials say the incursion could destabilize security in the country as a whole.
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Insurgency urged as Iraq battle continues
Reuters Feb 24, 08 7:31 AM CST
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As Turkish troops continue their unprecedented ground offensive in northern Iraq, a leader of the targeted Kurdish separatist group has called for Kurds living in Turkey to rebel. A news agency loyal to the Kurdistan Workers' Party carried the call of the rebel Kurd commander to make Turkish cities "uninhabitable." He pointed out that only a few young people would be necessary to burn hundreds of cars.
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Troops continue to pursue Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq mountains
Associated Press Feb 23, 08 6:39 AM CST
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Turkish forces pursued Kurdish militants in northern Iraq for a third day today, with the Turkish military reporting least 24 militants and five Turkish soldiers killed since they sent troops across the border to attack separatist strongholds Thursday night. At least 20 other Kurds died in the air assault that has accompanied the ground raid, the AP quoted the Turkish military as saying.
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Ground offensive marks major escalation in fight with Kurd separatists
Bloomberg Feb 22, 08 5:57 AM CST
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Turkey has sent 10,000 troops over the border into northern Iraq to hunt down militants of the Kurdistan Workers' Party, marking the first major ground incursion into the country since 1997, reports Bloomberg. The Turkish military said that the action began last evening, and local television is reporting that the troops are up to 6 miles inside Iraqi territory. The ground assault "is not the greatest news," said a US State Department official.
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Bombs fall on Kurdistan but no casualties
Washington Post Dec 23, 07 10:15 PM CST
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A fleet of Turkish warplanes bombarded northern Iraq for a second straight day today in its ongoing campaign against Kurdish separatists. The air strike lasted for an hour but resulted in no casualties because the area's villages had already been evacuated, reports the Washington Post . Once again the US sympathized with Turkish concerns about Kurdish guerrillas but did not support the attacks, according to American officials.
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Ground operations follow air raids on Kurdish rebels
Reuters Dec 18, 07 6:14 AM CST
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Turkey sent hundreds of troops across the Iraqi border today to battle Kurdish separatists, the first large-scale ground incursion since tensions rose in the fall, Reuters reports. About 300 lightly armed troops arrived in a semi-autonomous mountainous region, Iraqi officials said. Ankara had no immediate comment on the operation, which follows a series of air raids in Kurdish Iraqi territory this weekend.
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Attack inside northern Iraq the first since US invasion
Associated Press Dec 16, 07 8:10 AM CST
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Turkey launched its first air strike since 2003 on Kurdish militants in northern Iraq early this morning, targeting a mountainous region near the Turkish border where the government says the PKK has its leadership council and camps. About 50 warplanes were used in the offensive, the AP reports, which lasted just over three hours.
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Rebels deny report, and Washington claims ignorance
Reuters Dec 1, 07 3:56 PM CST
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Turkey launched an “intense intervention” in Northern Iraq today, inflicting losses on PKK fighters—at least according to Ankara. A PKK official denies the strike, and Washington claims ignorance, Reuters reports. But Turkey says that its artillery, helicopters, and special forces struck a Kurdish base with 50-60 militants. "It was detected that the terrorist group had suffered heavy casualties," the army said on its website.
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Rebel group leader vows 'no surrender' against Turkey or US
Associated Press Nov 21, 07 9:09 AM CST
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The leadership of the Kurdistan Workers' Party, the rebel group based in northern Iraq that the United States considers a terrorist organization, has spoken out to warn of resistance to any Turkish cross-border incursion. In a report by a pro-Kurdish news agency, a leading PKK commander warned that his group would fight not only the Turkish army but also any US and Kurdish Iraqi parties that aid Turkish efforts.
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Some see 'violent correction' once $101.70 is shattered
Wall Street Journal Nov 5, 07 3:37 AM CST
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With oil prices poised to break $100 a barrel this week, potentially punching through the inflation-adjusted record of $101.70 in 1980, speculation shifts to how long it will stay there. The steep rise—27% in 3 months—could set the stage for a dramatic fall. "We probably are headed to a hundred bucks, but I would expect a violent correction very soon," one broker tells the Wall Street Journal .
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Says Turkiey is trying
to undermine Kurdish prosperity in Iraq
Times (UK) Oct 29, 07 9:07 AM CDT
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Kurdish President Massoud Barzani has warned the Turkish government that any move into his territory will be considered a declaration of war. The warning came yesterday as Turkish troops attacked separatist PKK guerrillas inside Turkey, killing 20, reports the London Times . Turkish officials have charged that the largely autonomous Kurdish region of Iraq is harboring the militants.
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Ankara holds out for diplomacy
Associated Press Oct 28, 07 12:15 PM CDT
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Turkish soldiers killed 15 Kurdish guerrillas today in Tunceli province, several hundred miles from the area bordering Iraq where most of the clashes with Kurdish separatists have taken place, the AP reports. Iraqi-Turkish talks aimed at reconciling the escalating conflict collapsed before the weekend, and sources say that PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan's visit to Washington on November 5 is Turkey's last stab at diplomacy.
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'We don't need permission' to strike Kurds, PM says
Reuters Oct 27, 07 6:17 PM CDT
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Turkey will invade Northern Iraq “the moment an operation is needed,” Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan vowed after talks with Baghdad crumbled last night. Ankara has up to 100,000 troops on the Iraqi border, backed by tanks and fighter plans, ready to strike roughly 3,000 Kurdish rebels. The US and Britain oppose any incursion, but Erdogan said, “We don’t need to ask anyone’s permission.”
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