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Turkish leaders pressure US, Iraq over incursion threat


Thursday, 25 October, 2007 , 15:38 AFP — Turkish leaders lent extra weight Thursday to their threat of a military incursion against Kurdish separatists holed up in northern Iraq, as an Iraqi delegation arrived in Ankara for crisis talks.

Iraqi delegation arrives in Ankara for crisis talks


Thursday, 25 October, 2007 , 15:32 AFP — An Iraqi delegation led by Defence Minister Abdel Qader Mohammed Jassim arrived in Ankara on Thursday seeking to avert a Turkish military incursion against Kurd rebels in northern Iraq.

PKK says captive soldiers held in Turkish territory


Thursday, 25 October, 2007 , 14:18 AFP — The separatist Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) said Thursday through a pro-Kurdish news agency that eight Turkish soldiers it captured last Sunday are being held in Turkish territory.

US rejects Iraqi claim that Kurdish rebels out of reach


Thursday, 25 October, 2007 , 14:12 AFP — A senior US official rejected Thursday an Iraqi argument that it was unable to round up Kurdish rebel leaders who use remote bases in northern Iraq to launch cross-border raids on Turkish troops.

PKK rebels say captive soldiers held in Turkish territory


Thursday, 25 October, 2007 , 14:07 AFP — The separatist Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) said Thursday through a pro-Kurdish news agency that eight Turkish soldiers it captured last Sunday are being held in Turkish territory.

Turkey alone will decide on Iraq incursion: PM


Thursday, 25 October, 2007 , 12:02 AFP — Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Thursday that any decision to launch a military incursion into northern Iraq was for Ankara alone, as he dismissed a US call for restraint.

Turkey repels PKK raid on border military outpost


Thursday, 25 October, 2007 , 12:00 AFP — The Turkish military said Thursday it had thwarted an attack by "a large group" of Kurdish rebels against an army outpost on the Iraqi border.

Washington working to free hostage Turkish soldiers: US official


Thursday, 25 October, 2007 , 11:50 AFP — The United States is "doing what it can" to obtain the release of eight Turkish troops captured Sunday by Kurdish rebels after an ambush in which 12 other soldiers were killed, a senior US official said here Thursday.

Life 'unbearable' for last residents of Iraqi border village


Thursday, 25 October, 2007 , 01:27 AFP — At the very edge of Iraqi Kurdistan, the remaining residents of this tiny village cling desperately onto their land, despite the shelling and threat of an incursion from neighbouring Turkey.

Police hurt, 100 detained in anti-Kurdish protest in Brussels


Wednesday, 24 October, 2007 , 21:23 AFP — Ten police officers were injured and 100 demonstrators detained when an anti-Kurdish protest of up to 800 people in the Belgian capital turned violent Wednesday, police said.