Tuesday, 18 December, 2007 , 20:56 AFP — The United States on Tuesday raised no public objections to a Turkish incursion that targeted Kurdish fighters based in northern Iraq and reportedly angered a key US ally there.
Tuesday, 18 December, 2007 , 15:49 AFP — The White House on Tuesday declined to object to a reported Turkish incursion targeting Kurdish fighters in northern Iraq, citing what it called "conflicting" information about the raid.
Tuesday, 18 December, 2007 , 15:34 AFP — Turkish troops who crossed into northern Iraq early on Tuesday have started withdrawing, said the office of Massud Barzani, president of Iraq's northern Kurdish government.
Tuesday, 18 December, 2007 , 15:11 AFP — US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Tuesday the United States, Iraq and Turkey shared a "common interest" in stopping the activity of Kurdish rebels.
Tuesday, 18 December, 2007 , 14:41 AFP — Turkey's leaders said Tuesday its army was doing "what is necessary" to combat Kurdish rebels but stopped short of explicitly confirming a Turkish military incursion into northern Iraq.
Tuesday, 18 December, 2007 , 14:21 AFP — The president of Iraq's Kurdish region is refusing to meet US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, who was in Iraq Tuesday, because of the US position over Turkey sending soldiers into northern Iraq, a top Kurdish official said.
Tuesday, 18 December, 2007 , 09:35 AFP — Turkish troops entered northern Iraq early on Tuesday to flush out separatist Kurdish rebels, Jabbar Yawar, spokesman for the Iraqi Kurdish peshmerga security force, told AFP.
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Monday, 17 December, 2007 , 20:55 AFP — Iraq strongly condemned Monday Turkish air strikes on Kurdish rebel bases in its territory, branding them a "cruel attack" on Iraqi sovereignty that claimed innocent lives.
Monday, 17 December, 2007 , 20:39 AFP — Turkish police apprehended Monday evening the head of the country's main Kurdish party for using false documents to duck military service, the Anatolia press agency reported.
