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By Sonja Pace
London
23 October 2007

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayipp Erdogan says his government cannot wait forever for neighboring Iraq to deal with rebels of the Kurdistan Workers' Party who are using northern Iraq as a safe haven 1 from which to launch attacks against Turkey. The prime minister issued the warning after meeting with his British counterpart, Gordon Brown, in London and follows a rebel ambush 2 on Sunday in which at least 12 Turkish soldiers were killed and eight are missing and presumed kidnapped. VOA's Sonja Pace has details from the British capital.


Speaking at a joint 3 news conference after their talks, Prime Minister Erdogan said he has held numerous talks with Iraqi leaders in the past and so far to no avail. He warned that if Iraq does not deal with the PKK rebels inside its territory, Turkey will.


Turkey cannot wait forever, the prime minister said. He said Turkey has no territorial 4 designs on its neighbor and fully 5 supports the Iraqi people. But, he warned his government has the right and the mandate 6 from parliament to launch cross border attacks against PKK bases in northern Iraq.


Mr. Erdogan did not specify 7 when such attacks might take place.


Turkey has about 10,000 troops along its border with Iraq and the build-up continues. The threat of a large-scale incursion increased dramatically after Sunday's rebel ambush near the Iraq border.


British Prime Minister Gordon Brown strongly condemned 9 the attack and promised support for Turkey.


"We condemn 8 absolutely and unequivocally the terrorist violence of the PKK," he said.


Mr. Brown said Britain appreciates the restraint Turkey has thus far shown. The United States has also called for restraint, expressing fears that an incursion into northern Iraq could create chaos 10 in this one relatively 11 stable area of Iraq.


The Turkish and Iraqi foreign ministers met in Baghdad to discuss the issue as well, and Iraq's Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari, a Kurd, resolved to deal the PKK issue.


The PKK took up arms against the government in the mid 12 1980's with the aim of establishing a Kurdish homeland in southeastern Turkey. More than 30,000 people have been killed in the conflict since then.


Turkey says it will pursue diplomatic efforts. But speaking in London, Prime Minister Erdogan said his government is looking at the military option and he said he hopes Turkey's friends will understand if it exercises that right. The prime minister's final warning: "We will take any action necessary."




n.安全的地方,避难所,庇护所
  • It's a real haven at the end of a busy working day.忙碌了一整天后,这真是一个安乐窝。
  • The school library is a little haven of peace and quiet.学校的图书馆是一个和平且安静的小避风港。
n.埋伏(地点);伏兵;v.埋伏;伏击
  • Our soldiers lay in ambush in the jungle for the enemy.我方战士埋伏在丛林中等待敌人。
  • Four men led by a sergeant lay in ambush at the crossroads.由一名中士率领的四名士兵埋伏在十字路口。
adj.联合的,共同的;n.关节,接合处;v.连接,贴合
  • I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤,肩膀脫臼了。
  • We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。
adj.领土的,领地的
  • The country is fighting to preserve its territorial integrity.该国在为保持领土的完整而进行斗争。
  • They were not allowed to fish in our territorial waters.不允许他们在我国领海捕鱼。
adv.完全地,全部地,彻底地;充分地
  • The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气,然后全部呼出。
  • They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。
n.托管地;命令,指示
  • The President had a clear mandate to end the war.总统得到明确的授权结束那场战争。
  • The General Election gave him no such mandate.大选并未授予他这种权力。
vt.指定,详细说明
  • We should specify a time and a place for the meeting.我们应指定会议的时间和地点。
  • Please specify what you will do.请你详述一下你将做什么。
vt.谴责,指责;宣判(罪犯),判刑
  • Some praise him,whereas others condemn him.有些人赞扬他,而有些人谴责他。
  • We mustn't condemn him on mere suppositions.我们不可全凭臆测来指责他。
n.混乱,无秩序
  • After the failure of electricity supply the city was in chaos.停电后,城市一片混乱。
  • The typhoon left chaos behind it.台风后一片混乱。
adv.比较...地,相对地
  • The rabbit is a relatively recent introduction in Australia.兔子是相对较新引入澳大利亚的物种。
  • The operation was relatively painless.手术相对来说不痛。
adj.中央的,中间的
  • Our mid-term exam is pending.我们就要期中考试了。
  • He switched over to teaching in mid-career.他在而立之年转入教学工作。
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after-tax
alarm module
allophite
amoeboid glacier
arthroscopic
automatic phase control
azithromycins
Babuyan Is.
benzene-insoluble
carteret
catabolism metabolism
chamber capacity
clorsulon
comelid
corrosion current
crystalline polymer
diced pork with green pepper
discrimination of plant species
dolcevita
electric boat winch
enchanted by
epitomical
Feser's bacillus
fire gases
folded- media-type air filter
general journal
gentle words
godfatherism
Graphosid
Hallville
have communication with
horse-stinger
huebnerite
hydraulic glue
immunodiversion
implicands
implicit DO list
impulse impeller
integral factor
interhemicerebral
invertebrates
jam drop
keep score on oneself
Khingan Mountains
kusakira
lindera erythrocarpa mak.
line and dot interlace
litmus whey
low tension cable
lycopodium japonicum
marker-maker
mermithaner
microflowchart
micron efficiency curve
mold thickness
more'n
multitemporal image
Navane
nose-to-nose
oob
open anesthesia
other official flow
out of order signal
overthoughtfulness
pantoscope
pareto-optimality axiom
prestons
product of past labor work
pruning range
pseira
public indictment
quartz transducer
rhasophore
Richard Smalley
rosin amine
Rujen (Ruen)
salable product
sequacious
silo-filler's disease
skirt underflow
sleeping with someone
smelling the ground
smizing
soothsayings
Steam Tugs
striping yarn
Sunda
surratts
take the bit and the buffet
telecommunications engineering
telegraph codes
terms of subscription
The ass waggeth his ears.
three degree of freadom gyroscope
tolmiea menziesiis
tranquillizer
triglots
unsaturated oil
valve-spring washer
Vihiga
warfare gas
wildcat stock speculation