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Kurdish rebels offer conditional ceasefire: website


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.

SULAIMANIYAH, Iraq - Kurdish rebels offer conditional ceasefire: rebel website


Monday, 22 October, 2007 , 14:33 AFP —

Iraq says Kurdish rebels to declare ceasefire


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.

Kurdish rebels to declare ceasefire: Iraqi president


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.

PKK militarily weak but tactically strong: analysts


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.

Turkey to use diplomacy before resorting to force: FM


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.

Iraqi Kurds fear economic fallout from Turkish incursion


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.

Iraq refuses to send troops after Kurdish rebels


Monday, 22 October, 2007 , 13:31 AFP — Iraq refused Monday to send troops in pursuit of Kurdish rebels on its northern border but vowed to cut supplies to the fighters in an attempt to ward off the threat of a Turkish incursion.

Kurdish rebels an 'internal threat' to Turkey: NATO official


Monday, 22 October, 2007 , 13:29 AFP — The "terrorist" threat to Turkey is internal and does not warrant any military intervention from its NATO allies, a senior official at the alliance said Monday.

Jordan urges restraint after Turkey clashes


Monday, 22 October, 2007 , 13:25 AFP — Jordan said on Monday it was "deeply concerned" following the deadly clashes between the Turkish army and Kurdish separatists in near the border with Iraq, and appealed for restraint.