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Reuters "It should be clear that military action alone will not end this terrorist threat," Gates added, saying Ankara must also take political and economic steps to isolate the PKK guerrillas and help support Turkey's large ethnic Kurdish minority.

Washington fears that a prolonged Turkish operation will undermine stability in the region, particularly Iraq.

The head of Turkey's military General Staff, General Yasar Buyukanit, was quoted by CNN Turk as saying: "A short time is a relative concept, it could be one day or one year."
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