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Three warplanes had bombed the Iraqi
Kurdistan border
25.8.2006
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TUNCELI,
Kurdistan-Turkey, August 25 ,- Turkish warplanes
bombed Kurdish guerrilla positions in the Iraqi
Kurdistan border region earlier this week, military
sources said on Friday.
Several thousand members of the banned Kurdistan
Workers Party (PKK) are believed to be hiding in the
mountains of mainly Kurdish northern Iraq, from
where they slip across the border to attack Turkish
police, troops and other targets.
Military sources in southeast Turkey told Reuters
two or three warplanes had bombed the Iraqi border
region on Wednesday evening after PKK forces were
identified in the area.
The sources, who declined to be named, said the
action was not significant and it was not clear what
damage the bombing had caused. The PKK has not
reported any casualties.
The bombing occurred along the borders of Hakkari
and Sirnak provinces and it was not clear if any of
the bombs actually landed in Iraqi territory, the
sources said. |
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A Foreign Ministry official declined to confirm the
information, which comes after Turkish media
reported F-16 aircraft had attacked PKK positions
inside Iraq.
Diplomats in Ankara say the government and the armed
forces are frustrated at little action on the ground
despite mounting soldiers' casualties in Turkey.
More than 37,000 people have been killed since 1984
when the PKK, blacklisted by Turkey, the United
States and the European Union, took up arms for
self-rule in the country's mainly Kurdish southeast
of Turkey.
Armed clashes have intensified since April, when the
Turkish military sent tens of thousands of extra
troops to the southeast to reinforce more than
200,000 soldiers already stationed there.
Source: Reuters
The use of the term "Kurdistan" is vigorously
rejected due to its alleged political implications
by the Republic of Turkey, which does not recognize
the existence of a "Turkish Kurdistan".
Others estimate as many as 40 million Kurds live in
Big Kurdistan (Iraq, Turkey, Syria, Iran, Armenia),
which covers an area as big as France.
About half of all Kurds which estimate to more than 20 million
live in Turkey
Southeastern Turkey:
North Kurdistan (
Kurdistan-Turkey) wikipedia
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