Turkey Bombs Kurdish Rebel Targets In Iraq: Army

A view of a camp in the Qandil mountains which hosted some 190 displaced Kurdish families fleeing Turkish bombings of northern Iraq in May 2008. Turkish warplanes on Tuesday bombed Kurdish rebel hideouts in northern Iraq, the military said. (AFP/File/Shwan Mohammed)

From Yahoo News/AFP:

ANKARA (AFP) – Turkish warplanes on Tuesday bombed Kurdish rebel hideouts in northern Iraq, the military said.

The raid targeted Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) hideouts in the Qandil mountains, a major rebel stronghold, a statement on the army's website said.

"The planes completed their mission successfully and returned safely to their bases," it said.

The statement made no mention of PKK losses, while stressing that measures were taken to prevent any damage to the civilian population of the region.

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