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| Turkish air strike kills 10 PKK terrorists, destroys bases in N. Iraq |
| 2009-05-06 |
| ISTANBUL - Ten PKK members were killed in a Turkish air strike last week targeting the terror organization positions in northern Iraq, the Anatolian Agency reported on Wednesday. The strike on April 30 also destroyed several hideouts in the Zap and Avashin-Basyan region and weapons depots used by the terrorists, the agency said. The raid came a day after 10 Turkish soldiers were killed in attacks carried out by the terror organization PKK in the southeastern provinces of Diyarbakir and Hakkari. The PKK, which launches cross-border attacks on Turkey from bases in northern Iraq and frequently uses remote-control landmines to target the country's security forces, is listed as a terrorist group by Turkey and much of the international community, including the EU and the United States. |
| Posted by:anonymous5089 |
| #1 The Kurds have legitimate grievances, and their tactics tend to be not quite as nasty as AQ or Taliban, but they can't expect safe havens in Iraq for cross-border attacks. We have alliances with both Turkey and Iraq now, so we can't really take sides. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2009-05-06 19:38 |