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Gates set to press Turkey for quick end to Kurdish offensive


Thursday, 28 February, 2008 , 01:27 AFP US Defense Secretary Robert Gates was expected to press Turkish leaders on Thursday to quickly wrap up their offensive against Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq, but Ankara was resisting setting a deadline.

Turkey steps up Iraq onslaught as US urges quick pull-out


Wednesday, 27 February, 2008 , 20:33 AFP Turkey stepped up its offensive against Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq on Wednesday and refused to set a pull-out timetable, despite a US warning that the incursion should last no more than "a week or two."

Gates to tell Turks to quickly end incursion in northern Iraq


Wednesday, 27 February, 2008 , 18:43 AFP US Defense Secretary Robert Gates arrived here Wednesday to press Turkish leaders to quickly end a six-day-old military incursion in northern Iraq even as Turkish leaders refused to set a timetable.

Turkey steps up Iraq onslaught as US calls for quick pull-out


Wednesday, 27 February, 2008 , 15:29 AFP Turkey stepped up its offensive against Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq on Wednesday and refused to set a pull-out timetable, despite a US warning that the incursion should last no more than "a week or two."

Turkish army says two soldiers killed in Iraq incursion


Tuesday, 26 February, 2008 , 15:41 AFP Two Turkish soldiers were killed Tuesday in clashes with Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq, the military said, as heavy snowfall hampered the fifth day of its major cross-border offensive.

Turkish PM defends Iraq incursion


Tuesday, 26 February, 2008 , 13:22 AFP Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan defended Tuesday the military offensive against Kurdish rebel bases in northern Iraq as a "rightful struggle", defying Iraqi and US calls for a swift pull-out.

Iraq government condemns Turkish incursion


Tuesday, 26 February, 2008 , 13:01 AFP Iraq's government on Tuesday condemned the Turkish military incursion into the north of the country, saying it was a violation of the its sovereignty.

Turkish PM defends military incursion in Iraq


Tuesday, 26 February, 2008 , 11:27 AFP Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan defended Tuesday Turkey's military offensive against Kurdish rebel bases in northern Iran, amid US and Iraqi for troops to be withdrawn as soon as possible.

Turkish troops target main Kurd rebel camp in Iraq


Tuesday, 26 February, 2008 , 09:53 AFP Turkish troops, backed by fighter jets, closed in on a main rebel base Tuesday in their offensive against Kurdish separatists in northern Iraq that has so far claimed at least 170 lives.

Fierce fighting as Turkish troops move on rebel camp in Iraq


Tuesday, 26 February, 2008 , 08:59 AFP Turkish troops were engaged in fierce clashes with Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq as they closed in on one of the main separatist camps, security sources here said Tuesday.