Turkey serious about N.Iraq incursion - minister

http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSL1973658

ANKARA, Oct 19 (Reuters) - Turkey is serious about sending troops into northern Iraq to hunt down Kurdish separatist rebels hiding there and is not bluffing, a senior minister was quoted on Friday as saying.

Turkish PM hopes Iraq incursion won't be needed

By Paul de Bendern
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday that securing parliament's permission to launch a major attack on Kurdish separatists in northern Iraq did not necessarily mean a military incursion was imminent.