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Passenger jet crashes in Turkey ... possible", US Defence Secretary Robert Gates has said.
Mr Gates was speaking after talks with top Turkish officials in Ankara.
Turkey earlier said there was no timetable for an end to its offensive targeting Kurdish PKK separatists.
Baghdad has said that the Turkish military operation - that was launched last week - was unacceptable and violated Iraq's sovereignty.
The Turkish military says its goal is to destroy bases of PKK rebels, who want a homeland in south-east Turkey.
On Tuesday, Ankara said 77 rebels and five of its soldiers had been killed in clashes. It said 230 rebels and 24 soldiers had been killed since the offensive was launched on Thursday.
The PKK rebels say they have killed at least 81 Turkish soldiers. Neither report can be independently verified.
More than 30,000 people have been killed since the PKK began their campaign in 1984.
Ankara says as many as 3,000 PKK members use northern Iraq as a safe haven.
The US, the EU and Turkey consider the PKK to be a terrorist organisation.
(BBC)
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