Turkey 'bombs Kurd targets' in Iraq - Democratic Underground

maddezmom

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Thu May-20-10 12:03 PM
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Turkey 'bombs Kurd targets' in Iraq

Source: Al Jazeera

Turkish fighter jets have bombed dozens of Kurdish separatist targets in northern Iraq, la ocal television has reported.

Some 20 warplanes hit around 50 positions of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), in the ZAP-Khakurk region on Thursday, Turkish broadcaster NTV said.

The army has not yet confirmed the raid and there was no immediate news of casualties.

Anita Mcnaught, Al Jazeera's correspondent in the Turkish capital Ankara, said: "We understand that the Turkish armed forces were made aware of the movements of a significant number of rebels and decided to launch the strikes to pre-empt their arrival in Turkey.

Read more: http://english.aljazeera.net/news/europe/2010/05/2010520153428911252.html

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damntexdem

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Thu May-20-10 12:05 PM
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1. An act of war.

But the U.S. will do little or nothing.

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Tempest

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Thu May-20-10 12:19 PM
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3. More like an act of retaliation

May 8, 2010
Two Turkish soldiers were killed Saturday in roadside explosions blamed on separatist Kurdish rebels, the military said, as violence mounted in the country's restive southeast after a winter lull.
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Two_soldiers_killed_in_Kurdish_rebel_attacks_in_Turkey_army_999.html

If you think the PKK will be able to attack Turkey and retreat back into Iraq with impunity, think again.

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Lasher

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Thu May-20-10 12:10 PM
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2. I think the Turks are a little mad because the Kurds have been raiding their country from Iraq

Maybe if the Kurds would stop doing that the Turks would stop bombing them.

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rocktivity

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Thu May-20-10 10:40 PM
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4. Turkey bombs? Those haven't been deployed

since 1978!

:evilgrin:
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