TURKEY: Turkish jets hit PKK targets in Northern Iraq

Record ID: 339054

  • Title: TURKEY: Turkish jets hit PKK targets in Northern Iraq
  • Date: 29th December 2008
  • Summary: DIYARBAKIR, TURKEY (DECEMBER 28, 2008) (REUTERS) FIGHTER JET TAXI-ING ON TARMAC SEEN THROUGH MIST FIGHTER JET TAKING OFF FIGHTER JET IN AIR PLANES ON TARMAC FIGHTER JET TAKING OFF PLANE IN THE AIR PLANES TAXI-ING ON TARMAC JET FIGHTER TAKING OFF JET IN THE AIR JET FIGHTER TAKING OFF
  • Embargoed: 13th January 2009 12:00
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  • Location: Turkey
  • Country: Turkey
  • Topics: War / Fighting,International Relations
  • Reuters ID: LVA9ERD5GV57FH54MCXQ8ZNNCFVH
  • Story Text: Turkish airforce carries out airstrikes against PKK targets in Northern Iraq, reports Turkish military chief of staff's website.
    Turkish warplanes bombed Kurdish guerrilla targets in northern Iraq in operations carried out on Saturday (December 27) and Sunday (December 28), Turkish army sources have confirmed.
    The illegal Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) were targeted in the Hakurke region in northern Iraq on Saturday night, and several other targets near the Iraqi-Turkish border were bombed on Sunday afternoon.
    The same sources said the Turkish army was also carrying out operations against mobile PKK groups spotted inside Turkey near the Iraqi border.
    There was no mention of casualties or damage caused by the strikes.
    Ankara has boosted military action against the PKK in recent months, as casualties on both sides have risen.
    Turkey, the European Union and United States term the PKK a terrorist organisation.
    Around 40,000 people have been killed in fighting between the PKK and the military since 1984, when the PKK took up arms with the aim of establishing an ethnic homeland in southeast Turkey.
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