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Fearful Iraqi Kurds protest Turkish threat


Thursday, 18 October, 2007 , 09:21 AFP Wrapped in the red, white and green Kurdish flags that are banned in Turkey, several thousand Iraqi Kurds took to the streets of Arbil on Thursday to protest the threat of a Turkish incursion.

Iraqi Kurds call for direct talks with Ankara


Thursday, 18 October, 2007 , 07:26 AFP Iraq's regional Kurdish government called Thursday for direct talks with Ankara after the Turkish parliament authorised a military incursion into their territory to crack down on rebel fighters.

Turkish threat lays open Baghdad-Kurd divide


Thursday, 18 October, 2007 , 01:42 AFP Mixed Iraqi reactions to the threat of an incursion by Turkey have revealed the conflicting agendas of the central government in Baghdad and the autonomous Kurdish administration in the north.

Turkish parliament authorises incursion into Iraq


Wednesday, 17 October, 2007 , 20:02 AFP The Turkish parliament Wednesday voted to allow military strikes against Kurdish separatists in northern Iraq, despite stiff US opposition and appeals from Baghdad for time to purge the rebels.

Angry Iraqi Kurds say Turkish move would destabilise region


Wednesday, 17 October, 2007 , 15:44 AFP Iraq's autonomous Kurdish government responded angrily Wednesday to a Turkish vote authorising a military incursion into its territory, saying such action would destabilise the region.

Bush urges Turkey against Iraq incursion


Wednesday, 17 October, 2007 , 15:22 AFP President George W. Bush Wednesday strongly urged Turkey not to carry out cross-border strikes on Kurdish separatists in Iraq, even as the Turkish parliament voted to authorize such an incursion.

Turkish parliament approves military action in Iraq


Wednesday, 17 October, 2007 , 15:07 AFP The Turkish parliament voted Wednesday to allow the government to send troops to neighbouring northern Iraq to crack down on Turkish Kurdish rebels based there.

ANKARA - Turkish parliament approves military incursion into Iraq against Kurdish rebels: speaker.


Wednesday, 17 October, 2007 , 14:59 AFP

Turkish govt to seek parliament approval for Iraq incursion


Wednesday, 10 October, 2007 , 20:29 AFP The Turkish government is likely to submit a motion to parliament Thursday seeking approval for an incursion into northern Iraq to pursue Kurdish rebels, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said as deadly violence continued to plague the mainly Kurdish southeast.

One killed, five injured in Turkey bomb attack


Wednesday, 10 October, 2007 , 19:03 AFP A bomb hurled at police inside a shop in Turkey's main Kurdish region on Wednesday killed one officer and wounded five people, officials said.