Tuesday, July 29, 2008

Turkey: Airstrikes Hit Kurd Guerrillas In Iraq

From MSNBC:

Military says rebels are 'neutralized' in cave; PKK reports no casualties

ISTANBUL, Turkey - Turkish warplanes attacked Kurdish rebels in Iraq's north on Tuesday, killing a group of guerrillas gathered at a mountain cave, the military said.

The Turkish strikes, which a pro-Kurdish news agency said were followed by shelling from Iran, came two days after bombs planted in an Istanbul neighborhood killed 17 people. The government blamed Kurdish rebels, who denied involvement in the deadliest attack on civilians in five years.

The military said in a statement Tuesday that warplanes attacked rebel targets in northern Iraq, where the leadership of the rebel Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, is based. The statement said many of a 40-strong rebel group outside a cave at Mount Qandil were killed.

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More News On Turkey And The Kurds

Turkish planes attack rebel Kurds in Iraq -- Yahoo News
Turkey bombs Kurdish areas in Iraq -- Times Of India
Turkish jets 'destroy PKK base' -- AL Jazeera
Turkish military says hits PKK targets in N.Iraq -- Reuters
Rendezvous with the PKK -- BBC News
Kurds are blamed for bombs that killed 17 in Istanbul -- Indepedent
Thousands of Kurds protest in northern Iraqi city -- AFP

My Comment: As life gets better for the Kurds in Northern Iraq, expect pressure from Turkey's and Iran's Kurdish populations on their governments to have the same thing.

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