BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq pledged on Tuesday to crack down on Kurdish separatists launching attacks on Turkey from hideouts in northern Iraq, in a bid to avert a Turkish military incursion into its territory to hit the rebels.
Foreign Minister Hoshiyar Zebari said after crisis talks with his Turkish counterpart Ali Babacan in Baghdad that Iraq would restrict the movement of PKK rebels and target their funding. But it was not clear whether this would be enough to placate Turkey, which wants an end to cross-border attacks.
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