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12-03-2007, 05:19 AM
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Burgomaster
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Turkey attacks Kurdish rebels
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Turkey attacks Kurdish rebels
Associated Press
Sunday December 2, 2007
The Observer
Turkish armed forces fired on a group of between 50 and 60 Kurdish rebels inside Iraq yesterday, inflicting what they called 'significant losses'. The military did not say whether its troops had crossed the border into Iraq.
On Friday Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said his government had authorised its army to launch a cross-border offensive against Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq at any time.
The military said the attack on guerrillas of the Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, happened 'inside Iraqi borders' south-east of Cukurca, a Turkish border town in Hakkari province. Hakkari, where rebels are active, shares a border with Iran as well as Iraq.
The US is sharing intelligence on the Kurdish insurgents with Turkey, but the Turkish army did not say whether it conducted yesterday's operation with American help.
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Source: Turkey attacks Kurdish rebels | World | The Observer
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