Thursday, 18 October, 2007 , 14:02 AFP — Iraqi government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh, in a rare appearance at the White House, Thursday urged Turkey not to carry out a possible military strike at Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq.
Thursday, 18 October, 2007 , 13:28 AFP — Thousands of Iraqi Kurds rallied in two Kurdish cities on Thursday, holding aloft red, white and green flags of Kurdistan that are banned in Turkey and calling for international support.
Thursday, 18 October, 2007 , 13:22 AFP — Kuwait urged Turkey on Thursday to exercise utmost restraint after the Turkish parliament authorised a military incursion into northern Iraq.
Thursday, 18 October, 2007 , 12:38 AFP — Iraq's Kurdish administration called on Thursday for direct negotiations with Ankara as thousands of fearful Iraqi Kurds took to the streets to protest against the Turkish military threat.
Thursday, 18 October, 2007 , 11:09 AFP — Any Turkish army operations against Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq are likely to be low-level raids yielding more psychological benefits than military ones, analysts here agreed Thursday.
Thursday, 18 October, 2007 , 10:55 AFP — Turkey wants to give diplomacy a chance in its escalating crisis with Iraq-based Kurdish rebels but insists on its right to fight "terrorism," Foreign Minister Ali Babacan said on Thursday.
Thursday, 18 October, 2007 , 10:14 AFP — Turkey has strengthened its hand against Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq by securing parliamentary approval for cross-border military action, but the government faced calls Thursday to avoid action that causes international reprobation.
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.
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.
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.
