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• PRESS CONFERENCE: Operational Update: Rear Adm. Smith, Rear Adm. Dussault, Feb. 24, 2008 MNF-I 24 Feb 2008 -- Rear Admiral Gregory Smith, Director of Communications, Deputy Spokesman Multi-National Force - Iraq; Rear Admiral Kathleen Dussault, Commander, Joint Contracting Command - Iraq/Afghanistan
• Troops in Iraq Kill Four, Capture Dozens, Seize Weapons AFPS 24 Feb 2008 -- Coalition and Iraqi forces killed four suspected terrorists, detained 56 others and destroyed weapons in Iraq over the past three days, military officials said.
• Suicide Bomber Kills 40 Shi'ite Pilgrims South of Baghdad VOA 24 Feb 2008 -- Iraqi police say a suicide bomber has killed at least 40 people and wounded 60 others in an attack on pilgrims heading to one of Shi'ite Islam's holiest gatherings.

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• Turkey Ops in Iraq No Threat to Stability, Gates Says AFPS 24 Feb 2008 -- The recent push of Turkish tanks and troops across the border into northern Iraqi Kurdistan does not pose a threat to security gains in Iraq, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said here today at a roundtable with members of U.S and Australian media.
• IRAQ: Turkish offensive displaces villagers, damages bridges IRIN 24 Feb 2008 -- An ongoing Turkish military offensive into Iraq targeting Turkish-Kurdish separatist rebels has forced at least 12 Kurdish families to flee their homes and has destroyed four bridges, the Iraqi Red Crescent Society (IRCS) said on 24 February.
• Calls For Restraint Mount Over Turkish Operation In Northern Iraq RFE/RL 24 Feb 2008 -- Baghdad says a Turkish military operation against Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq this week was not an attack on the country's sovereignty -- but international concern is nevertheless high over Ankara's move.
• Iraqi Kurdistan Blames Baghdad, Washington for Turkish Incursion VOA 24 Feb 2008 -- The government of Iraq's Kurdistan region has blamed Baghdad and Washington for failing to stop Turkish military actions in northern Iraq
• Turkey Continues Northern Iraq Incursion VOA 24 Feb 2008 -- The Turkish military says 33 Kurdish rebels and eight soldiers were killed during an operation Sunday in northern Iraq

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