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PKK 'shot down Turkish helicopter' in northern Iraq
Kurdish PKK guerrillas said they had shot down a Turkish Cobra attack helicopter during clashes in northern Iraq.
- Agencies
- Published: 12:25 February 24, 2008
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- Kurdish PKK guerrillas said they had shot down a Turkish Cobra helicopter
Baghdad: Kurdish PKK guerrillas said on Sunday they had shot down a Turkish Cobra attack helicopter during clashes with Turkish forces in northern Iraq.
Ahmed Danees, head of foreign relations for the separatist Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), said, "At 6pm yesterday, our fighters shot down a Cobra helicopter."
He gave no details of casualties but said more information would be released later. The incident had occurred during fighting in the remote Chamsku area close to the border, Danees said.
He added, "The clashes are still ongoing. Yesterday evening there was artillery shelling and air strikes on the PKK inside Iraq."
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