(5 Nov 2007) SHOTLIST
1. US President George W. Bush and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Oval office
2. Close up of Erdogan
3. SOUNDBITE: (English) George W. Bush, US President:
"The PKK is a terrorist organisation, they're an enemy of Turkey, they're an enemy of Iraq and they're an enemy of the United States. We have talked about how we can work together to protect ourselves from the PKK.''
4. Cutaway of media
5. SOUNDBITE: (Turkish) Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkish Prime Minister:
"As you know on the 17 October the Turkish parliament, overwhelmingly - almost every single member of the Turkish parliament, gave the authority to our government to carry out a cross-border military operation if necessary."
6. Various of demonstrators outside White House
7. SOUNDBITE: (English) Fatimah Sandi, Kurdish protestor:
"We just want dialogue, we just don't feel that a military incursion is right for this situation. We feel that Turkey is taking advantage of its military power, using it to intimidate the Kurds."
8. More of demonstrators
9. SOUNDBITE: (English) Isa Tchalky, Kurdish protestor:
"We do have a dark history with the Turks, they have committed genocide against one and a half million Armenians, the Turks have committed genocide against hundreds of thousands of Kurds."
10. Demonstrators holding signs
11. Demonstrators holding flags
12. SOUNDBITE: (Turkish) Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkish Prime Minister:
"This is a mandate for a cross-border operation that solely aims at the PKK, it cannot and does not cover civilians."
13. Pan left to right from Bush to Erdogan
14. Cutaway of journalists
15. SOUNDBITE: (English) George W. Bush, US President:
"What the Turkish people need to come away from this meeting is that one the Prime Minister impressed upon me the seriousness of the problem and I understand it, two, he expects there to be action and he's taken some steps along those lines. Thank you very much."
16. Cutaway of media
17. Bush and Erdogan shaking hands
18. More of demonstrators
STORYLINE
President Bush pledged on Monday to help Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan fight Kurdish rebels, declaring them "an enemy of Turkey, a free Iraq and the United States."
In an Oval Office session, Bush offered intelligence sharing to help combat the Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK.
Bush also said top military figures from the United States and Turkey would be in more regular contact in an effort to track the movement of the guerrilla fighters.
Bush and Erdogan met amid rising tensions over Kurdish rebels staging attacks from northern Iraq.
Erdogan reiterated that the Turkish parliament had give the go ahead for a cross-border military incursion.
"As you know on the 17 October the Turkish parliament, overwhelmingly - almost every single member of the Turkish parliament gave the authority to our government the authority to do a cross-border military operation if necessary," said Erdogan.
He gave no indication about any possible attack, and emphasised cooperation with the United States.
Outside the White House, Kurdish protesters chanted, waved Iraqi Kurdistan flags and carried placards calling for Turkey not to take military action against the PKK.
"We just want dialogue; we don't feel that a military incursion is right for situation. We feel that Turkey is taking advantage of its military power and using it to intimidate the Kurds," said protester Fatimah Sandi.
However, Erdogan said that any Turkish military action would not target citizens but only the PKK.
About 50 Turks have been killed this month alone.
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