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Turkey bombs suspected Kurdish rebel targets in Iraq

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posted on Mar, 16 2009 @ 05:52 AM
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Turkey bombs suspected Kurdish rebel targets in Iraq




ISTANBUL, Turkey (CNN) -- Turkish warplanes bombed suspected Kurdish rebel targets in northern Iraq on Thursday, a military spokesman said Friday.

The Turkish military has been carrying out airstrikes against camps of the Kurdistan Workers Party, or PKK, periodically over the past year. The targets are typically in remote mountains on the Turkish-Iraqi border.

Earlier this week, Turkey's military announced it would establish a series of "temporary security zones" along the border, where travel would be restricted from March 15 to June 15.

The announcement prompted speculation Turkey could be planning a cross-border ground operation.
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posted on Mar, 16 2009 @ 05:52 AM
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this war of oppression between the Turkish and the Kurdish has been going since the 80's
"For decades, the Turkish state denied the existence of Kurds, calling them "mountain Turks."

PPK is a terrorist organisation and as we have all heard one man's terroristis another's freedom fighter.
I'm sure its just what the US needs a war going on around their own war. everyone will shoot and blow up everyone.


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