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Turkish warplanes bomb Kurdish rebel targets in northern Iraq
Turkish warplanes on Thursday bombed Kurdish rebel hideouts in northern Iraq, private news channel NTV reported.
- Agencies
- Published: 15:44 March 20, 2008
Ankara: Turkish warplanes on Thursday bombed Kurdish rebel hideouts in northern Iraq, private news channel NTV reported.
The planes flew reconnaissance flights over the border area before bombing targets of the Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, the station said, citing Iraqi Kurdish officials.
There were no reports of injuries to civilians, it said.
Turkey last month launched a major ground operation into northern Iraq to hit Kurdish camps there. The eight-day incursion ended on February 29.
There was no immediate confirmation of the new attack from the Turkish military on Thursday. But military chief General Yasar Buyukanit has said Turkey will continue its attacks against rebels in northern Iraq.
The military has said it inflicted heavy losses on a large group of rebels in Iraq's Zap region, close to the Turkish border, during the ground incursion. The rebels have disputed that claim.
Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, who visited Ankara earlier this month, said the rebels would not be tolerated inside Iraq's borders and that Baghdad was pressuring them to lay down their arms.
The PKK has said it wants political and cultural autonomy for the predominantly Kurdish region of southeastern Turkey. The conflict has since killed tens of thousands of people since it began in 1984.
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