"Rice assures Turkey on Iraq unity, Kurdish rebels
ANKARA : Washington is committed to preserving Iraq's unity, and also to combating Turkish Kurd rebels holed up in the north of Iraq, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said.
Her assurances came in response to Turkish concerns that the US may fail to restrain Kurdish moves to seek independence for northern Iraq.
Turkey was also concerned that Washington may be reluctant to clamp down on separatist Turkish Kurd rebels who have fought the Ankara government since 1984. "
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