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Turkish military launch airstrike on PKK in Iraq
Turkey's military said it carried out an airstrike inside northern Iraq on Monday against Kurdish PKK rebels suspected of taking part in an ambush on a military outpost that killed 15 Turkish soldiers on Friday.
- Agencies
- Published: 15:07 October 6, 2008
Ankara: Turkey's military said it carried out an airstrike inside northern Iraq on Monday against Kurdish PKK rebels suspected of taking part in an ambush on a military outpost that killed 15 Turkish soldiers on Friday.
Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan and the military pledged to set up a campaign to crush the outlawed PKK after the ambush, the deadliest against the military in one year.
Twenty soldiers were wounded and two more are still missing but feared dead.
"Our warplanes achieved their mission and came back to base safely," the General Staff said in a statement.
Turkey has attacked PKK bases in northern Iraq several times over the past 12 months but has confined itself to shelling and air strikes since a brief land offensive in February.
Parliament is likely this week to approve a government request to extend a mandate to launch military operations against the PKK in Iraq. The current mandate expires on October 17.
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