U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates urged Turkey on Sunday against using military force against Kurdish separatist forces in northern Iraq amid rising tensions in the border region.
Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Sunday cautioned Turkey against sending troops into northern Iraq, as it has threatened, to hunt down Kurdish rebels it accuses of carrying out terrorist raids inside Turkey.
U.S. Defense Chief Urges Turkey Not to Invade Northern Iraq to Attack Kurdish Rebels
June 3 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates urged Turkey to refrain from a military incursion into northern Iraq to thwart Kurdish guerrillas based there.
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CIZRE, Turkey | The top commander of a Kurdish rebel group has said that his forces would resist any Turkish military incursion aimed at destroying rebel bases in northern Iraq.
Source: Reuters SINGAPORE, June 3 (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates urged Turkey on Sunday against using military force against Kurdish separatist forces in northern Iraq amid rising tensions in the ...
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki urged Turkey not to stage a military incursion into the northern Kurdish territories, saying his government will not allow the relatively peaceful area to be turned into a battleground.
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Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has warned Turkey against staging cross-border raids against Kurdish militants in northern Iraq. Mr. Maliki said Saturday he will not allow Iraq's largely peaceful Kurdish region to become a battleground.