Turkish military says warplanes bomb Kurdish rebel positions in northern Iraq
By APFriday, July 2, 2010
Turkish jets bomb Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq
ANKARA, Turkey — Turkey’s military says its warplanes have bombed Kurdish rebel bases in northern Iraq over the past two days.
The military’s statement says the air force jets bombed the main rebel base on Mt. Qandil on the Iraqi-Iranian border and the Hakurk area in northeastern Iraq, on Thursday and Friday.
It says the warplanes tried to target rebel positions and avoid civilian casualties.
The military says all the warplanes returned to Turkey safely. The statement did not mention any rebel casualties.
Turkey’s military is targeting Kurdish rebels who have used northern Iraq as a springboard for hit-and-run attacks on Turkish targets for decades. The rebels have recently escalated their attacks in a battle for autonomy in Turkey’s Kurdish-dominated southeast.
