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Turkish military shell PKK positions in Iraq
The Turkish military shelled several Kurdish rebel positions inside northern Iraq on Thursday, an Iraqi security official said.
- Agencies
- Published: 15:20 February 21, 2008
Baghdad: The Turkish military shelled several Kurdish rebel positions inside northern Iraq on Thursday, an Iraqi security official said.
Turkey has massed tens of thousands of troops along its mountainous frontier with Iraq. It has already carried out several small-scale cross-border commando operations as well as aerial bombing raids against rebels of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK).
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