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Turkey vs Iraq

Turkey sends 10,000 troops to Iraq border:

The Turkish military dispatched about 10,000 troops to the border with northern Iraq yesterday as part of its largest offensive against Kurdish militants for three yearsTurkey and Iran to co-operate against PKK: Foreign ministers of two countries join hands against Kurdish fighters as Turkey resumes offensive for second day.. Ref. Source 3

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Turkish artillery pounds Iraqi border areas

The Turkish artillery Monday pounded border areas inside Iraq forcing civilians to leave their villages in Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdish region, an official Kurdish website reported. Ref. Source 7

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Iraq calls Turkey "hostile state" as relations dim

Maliki was responding to comments made by Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday in which Erdogan accused the Iraqi leader of fanning tensions between the country's Shi'ites, Sunnis and Kurds with his "self-centered" ways. Ref. Source 2

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Turkish forces kill 80 Kurds in air strikes:

TURKISH armed forces have killed more than 80 Kurdish militants near the border with Iran and Iraq over the past week, as an offensive involving air strikes and several thousand ground troops intensifies. Ref. Source 3

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Turkey snubs Iraq's call for troop pullout:

Turkey has ignored a recent Iraqi move not to extend treaties signed in the past allowing the presence of foreign forces or military bases on Iraqi territory, but Turkey has maintained several military bases in northern Iraq since the 1990s. Ref. Source 9

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Turkish jets strike Kurdish rebel hideouts in Iraq: sources:

At least 12 F-16 fighter jets bomb Kurdish targets inside four camps in the Kandil Mountains in the autonomous Kurdistan region of north Iraq Ref. Source 2

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Turkey approves cross-border attacks in Iraq:

Turkey's parliament on Thursday extended a bill that allows the military to stage operations against Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq, brushing aside warnings from Iraq against cross-border raids on its territory. Ref. Source 1

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Turkish airstrike kills two Iraqi civilians-official:

Two Iraqi civilians were killed and three more wounded in a Turkish airstrike on northern Iraqi Kurdistan targetting Kurdish separatists, a Kurdistan official said on Wednesday. Ref. Source 5