Turkey jets hit Kurds' positions in Iraq
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June 20, 2010, Sunday
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TURKISH warplanes launched air raids at suspected Kurdish rebel positions in northern Iraq yesterday after a rebel attack on a military outpost in Turkey touched off clashes in which eight soldiers and 12 rebel fighters died, Turkey's military said.
Special forces were also immediately sent to reinforce the border area where the clashes occurred and Turkish warplanes bombed detected Kurdish rebel positions in northern Iraq, it said.
Kurdish rebels have dramatically stepped up attacks in Turkey in recent months, threatening a government bid to end one of the world's longest guerrilla wars. More than 40 soldiers have been killed since March, officials said.
The rebels belonging to the Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, have used northern Iraq as a springboard to stage hit-and-run attacks on Turkish targets in their decades-long campaign for autonomy in the Kurdish-majority southeast.
Special forces were also immediately sent to reinforce the border area where the clashes occurred and Turkish warplanes bombed detected Kurdish rebel positions in northern Iraq, it said.
Kurdish rebels have dramatically stepped up attacks in Turkey in recent months, threatening a government bid to end one of the world's longest guerrilla wars. More than 40 soldiers have been killed since March, officials said.
The rebels belonging to the Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, have used northern Iraq as a springboard to stage hit-and-run attacks on Turkish targets in their decades-long campaign for autonomy in the Kurdish-majority southeast.
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