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News | 22.10.2007 | 08:00 UTC
Ankara asked to show restraint
Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan has held crisis talks to consider a military strike against Kurdish rebel bases inside Iraq in response to a guerrilla ambush on a Turkish military unit. After the talks, Ankara said it was prepared to "pay any price" to protect the country. It also said US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice had urged restraint. The German government condemned the attack that killed 17 soldiers and wounded 16 others. Turkish military officials say their troops launched a counterattack, killing 32 rebels, and also firing artillery at targets across the Iraqi border. Turkey has been threatening to invade northern Iraq to take action against what it estimates to be some 3,500 Kurdish rebels.
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