"Iraq pledges to confront Kurdish rebels
The bid to avert an incursion by Turkish forces comes during a visit by the northern neighbor's foreign minister. By Ned Parker and Asso Ahmed, Special to The Times October 24, 2007 DAHUK, IRAQ -- The Iraqi government on Tuesday vowed to crack down on Kurdish rebels in a bid to avert a major incursion by Turkish forces into northern Iraq. Iraqi officials issued their pledge during a visit by Turkey's foreign minister to Baghdad as Turkish forces massed on the border of the semiautonomous Kurdistan region of Iraq, where the Kurdish separatists have taken harbor between attacks on southern Turkey."
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