BAGHDAD, Dec. 18 -- Several hundred Turkish troops crossed into northern Iraq on Tuesday and engaged in clashes with Kurdish guerrillas, Turkish military officials said, as U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice made an unannounced visit to Iraq to tout security gains. -
Turkey Sends Troops Into Iraq to Battle Kurdish Rebels
BAGHDAD, Dec. 18 -- Several hundred Turkish troops crossed into northern Iraq on Tuesday and engaged in clashes with Kurdish guerrillas, Turkish military officials said, as U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice made an unannounced visit to Iraq to tout security gains.-
By Sudarsan Raghavan and Ellen Knickmeyer