Tuesday, 23 October, 2007 , 06:43 AFP — The United States is considering air strikes against Kurdish PKK rebels operating in northern Iraq in an attempt to head off a Turkish incursion, the Chicago Tribune reported Tuesday, citing unnamed government officials.

Tuesday, 23 October, 2007 , 06:27 AFP — Turkish Foreign Minister Ali Babacan was due in Baghdad on Tuesday for talks with Iraqi leaders about the crisis over Kurdish rebels, a foreign ministry statement said.

Tuesday, 23 October, 2007 , 01:41 AFP — President George W. Bush Monday promised US cooperation in Turkey's struggle against Kurdish rebels operating out of northern Iraq, but Washington also urged restraint after deadly border clashes.

Monday, 22 October, 2007 , 14:39 AFP — The Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) said on Monday it was ready to lay down its arms if Turkey stopped attacking the rebels and abandoned plans for an incursion into Iraq, according to a rebel website.

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Monday, 22 October, 2007 , 14:31 AFP — Iraqi President Jalal Talabani said Kurdish rebels were set to declare a unilateral ceasefire on Monday, in the face of mounting Turkish threats to strike their bases in northern Iraq.

Monday, 22 October, 2007 , 14:07 AFP — Iraqi President Jalal Talabani said Monday Kurdish rebels would announce a unilateral ceasefire later in the day amid Turkish threats to launch an incursion against them in northern Iraq.

Monday, 22 October, 2007 , 14:02 AFP — Kurdish separatists in northern Iraq are not a strong military force, but a Turkish military strike on their bases could draw in thousands sympathetic to their cause, analysts said Monday.

Monday, 22 October, 2007 , 13:49 AFP — Turkish Foreign Minister Ali Babacan said in Kuwait on Monday that Ankara will exhaust diplomatic efforts to resolve the problem of Kurdish rebels before sending troops into northern Iraq.

Monday, 22 October, 2007 , 13:31 AFP — Iraqi Kurds on Monday expressed fear of acute economic woes in their relatively calm region of war-ravaged Iraq if Ankara launches a cross-border incursion against Turkish Kurdish rebels.