Turkey bombs Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq

Turkish warplanes have pounded a string of Kurdish rebel targets during cross-border raids into northern Iraq in apparent retaliation for an ambush on Turkish forces.

The jets hit 60 suspected rebel targets in the mountainous region near the border with Turkey late on Wednesday as well as targets on Mount Qandil, along the Iraqi-Iranian border, where leaders of the rebel group Kurdistan Workers' party, or PKK, are believed to be hiding.

In a statement, the military vowed to continue its attacks until the guerrilla group is "rendered ineffective".

Turkish and Kurdish media had reported that Turkey sent jets into northern Iraq on Wednesday, hours after eight soldiers and a village guard were killed in an ambush by the autonomy-seeking guerrillas on a road near the border with Iraq. Officials did not confirm the raids until Thursday.

Full report: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/aug/18/turkey-bombs-kurdish-rebels-iraq