IRAQ: Turkish planes, shells hit north Iraq , say officials

Record ID: 353458

  • Title: IRAQ: Turkish planes, shells hit north Iraq , say officials
  • Date: 16th January 2008
  • Summary: PEOPLE OF VILLAGE STANDING NEAR HOUSE / CRATER AND SPENT BULLETS ON GROUND CRATERS CAUSING BY BOMBING IN FRONT OF HOUSE WOMAN HOLDING UP SPENT BULLETS PEOPLE OF VILLAGE LOOKING AT SMOKE COMING FROM BOMBED AREA PIECES OF BULLETS ON GROUND CHILDREN AND WOMEN AND MEN LOOKING AT THE SIDE OF BOMBED AREA
  • Embargoed: 31st January 2008 12:00
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  • Location: Iraq
  • Country: Iraq
  • Topics: War / Fighting,International Relations
  • Reuters ID: LVAAQK4G2X5Q7C2HU23PC6C2FUS1
  • Story Text: Remote areas of northeastern Iraq used by Kurdish rebels hit by Turkish warplanes and artillery.
    Turkish warplanes and artillery on Tuesday (January 15) hit remote areas of northeastern Iraq used by Kurdish rebels but there were no reports of casualties or damage, an Iraqi Kurdish official said.
    Jabbar Yawar, spokesman for the Peshmerga security forces of northern Iraq, said Turkish artillery began shelling around the town of Amadiya in Dahuk province just before midday (0900 GMT).
    Turkish warplanes later bombed locations near the town of Hakurk close to Iraq's remote, mountainous border with Iran and Turkey.
    A Reuters reporter in Turkey's southeastern city of Diyarbakir earlier reported that two Turkish F-16 warplanes had been seen flying over the border province of Hakkari heading towards northern Iraq.
    Four Turkish tanks had also been seen crossing the same province towards the border.
    The shelling was the latest reported cross-border attacks by Turkey since two other areas in Dahuk were shelled on January 11, again without causing significant damage or injury.
    On January 3, a bomb attack blamed on Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) guerrillas killed six people in Turkey's Diyarbakir.
    Turkish warplanes repeatedly struck PKK targets in the mountainous north of Iraq in December and troops also made small-scale raids across the border.
    Ankara blames the PKK for the deaths of nearly 40,000 people since it began an armed struggle for a separate Kurdish homeland in southeastern Turkey in 1984.
    Turkey says about 3,000 PKK members are based in the mountains of northern Iraq, from where they launch raids on Turkish targets.
    Last October, the Turkish parliament approved a resolution providing the legal basis for operations over a 12-month period.
    Turkey claims the right under international law to carry out its cross-border attacks.
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