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VOA1 [00:00.00]Iraqs Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari [00:02.54]says his country will take additional measures [00:04.95]to restrain rebels of the Kurdistan Workers Party,or PKK, [00:08.86]who have killed dozens of people inside Turkey over the past month. [00:16.63]He said Iraqs government is ready to work with Turkey [00:19.51]and put new measures in place [00:21.15]to stop PKK militants from staging attacks from bases in northern Iraq. [00:25.74]Zebari said the measures include more checkpoints [00:29.24]along Iraqs northern border [00:30.88]to keep fuel,food and other supplies from reaching the Kurdish rebels. [00:34.60]Zebari, a Kurd,also said [00:37.44]Iraq would restrict the movement of PKK fighters [00:40.50]to prevent them from reaching populated towns and areas inside Turkey. [00:44.77]Ankara is threatening [00:46.96]to launch a military incursion into northern Iraq [00:49.69]to flush out the rebels [00:51.44]who have been fighting for self-rule in southeastern Turkey [00:54.73]since 1984. [00:56.91]Iraqs Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has urged Iran [01:01.07]to help defuse the crisis and has called for Tehrans support [01:04.46]at a regional conference on Iraq opening Thursday in Istanbul. [01:08.51]Besides Iraq and Turkey, [01:10.81]Iran and Syria also have Kurdish minorities. [01:13.87]On Tuesday, the leader of Iraqs autonomous Kurdish region, [01:17.80]Massoud Barzani, [01:19.55]discussed the border situation with the regional parliament. [01:22.73]At a news conference, [01:24.36]he asked the PKK rebels to stop fighting [01:26.88]and he repeated that Kurdistan will defend itself [01:30.05]if Turkey attacks the Kurdish region of northern Iraq. [01:33.66]He was also critical of Turkey for not working with his Kurdish government. [01:40.07]He said Turkey is refusing to talk with Kurdistans government, [01:44.88]so how can they expect us to cooperate with them? [01:48.05]He said he is not for war, [01:50.23]but is for peace and dialogue. [01:52.20]Iraqs Fo