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Turkey launches fresh attack on Kurdish PKK members in Iraq

Press TV – October 8, 2012

Turkish forces have launched fresh attacks on Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq, bombing their hideouts overnight.

Turkish military sources say at least 12 F16 fighter jets took off from the Diyarbakir base in the country’s southeast, targeting at least four camps in the Qandil Mountains and surrounding areas, where Kurdish Workers’ Party (PKK) members are thought to be hiding.

On Saturday, Turkish warplanes pounded suspected PKK positions in northern Iraq. Officials say the attacks caused no casualties, but resulted in damage to farmlands of Sidkan region, north of Arbil.

The latest development comes days after Iraq announced that it intended to end Turkey’s military presence in the country.

On October 5, Turkish security forces killed six PKK members during separate operations in the eastern provinces of Elazig and Siirt.

Ankara lists the group as a terrorist organization.

The PKK has been fighting for an autonomous Kurdish region inside Turkey since the 1980s. The Ankara-PKK conflict has left over 45,000 people dead.

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