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Turkish troops repulse rebel attack
Turkish forces said they repelled a Kurdish rebel attack near the Iraqi border and President Abdullah Gul warned the PKK yesterday that Turkey?s patience was running out. Ankara has massed as many as 100,000 troops along the mountainous border ahead of a possible cross-border operation to crush around 3,000 rebels of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) who use northern Iraq as a launchpad for attacks on Turkey.
Iraqi, Turkish and US diplomats have stepped up efforts to avert a large-scale Turkish incursion but Gul said Turkey would not tolerate more PKK attacks from Iraq.
?We are totally determined to take all necessary steps to end this threat... Iraq should not be a source of threat for its neighbours,? Gul told an economic conference in Ankara.
Public pressure on the Turkish authorities to act has grown since rebels killed 12 soldiers in clashes last weekend.
Turkish security sources have confirmed a series of sorties by warplanes and ground troops since Sunday into Iraqi territory.
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