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02-24-2008, 02:48 AM
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PKK 'downs Turkish chopper'
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PKK 'shoots down Turkish chopper'
Kurdish rebels say they have shot down a Turkish Cobra attack helicopter during clashes in northern Iraq.
Ahmed Danees, head of foreign relations for the Kurdistan Workers' Party, the PKK, made the claim - which has not been independently verified.
"At 6 pm (1500 GMT) yesterday, our fighters shot down a Cobra helicopter," he told Reuters news agency.
Turkey sent its forces across the border into northern Iraq to take on the rebels late on Thursday.
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Source: BBC NEWS | Middle East | PKK 'shoots down Turkish chopper'
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02-25-2008, 00:34 AM
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According to Turkish General Staff, it's not shot down. It's just out of order for unknown reasons. Technicians are trying to repair it.
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02-25-2008, 03:47 AM
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HürGeneral
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yes BBC do not take PKK as terrorists.
"rebels" arent they?? blablabla...
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02-25-2008, 04:29 AM
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If it is shot down, then it validates Turkey's position that these heavily armed non-state actors.
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02-25-2008, 05:38 AM
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That they are heavily armed has already been validated and accepted by a majority of world nations. However, Turkey's position is not to validate PKK as a non-state actor in its global meaning, but to validate it as a terrorist organization with full implications of its meaning.
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