KurdistanObserver.com
Turkey Strikes at Kurdish Guerrillas In Iraqi Kurdistan
Oct 24, 2007
RIA Novosti
Units of the Turkish army have crossed the Iraqi border in a
special operation against Kurdish freedom fighters, local newspapers said Wednesday.
The Yeni Safak newspaper reported that Turkish commandos supported by
helicopters were chasing PKK fighters from the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), and
F-16 Falcon fighter-bombers and artillery were delivering pinpoint strikes at
PKK bases about 50 kilometers ( 30 miles) deep into the Iraqi Kurdistan.
Zaman, Turkey's third largest newspaper, said the Turkish Armed Forces had
stepped up their bombardment of the Iraqi Kurdistan border as part of an operation
launched in retaliation for Sunday's attack that killed 12 Turkish soldiers
and wounded 16 others.
The newspaper cited a government spokesman as saying that the U.S. had been
informed about the start of the cross-border operation, although Turkey's
military has not confirmed the media reports.
The Turkish parliament sanctioned last week military cross-border operations
against the PKK, based in Iraqi Kurdistan, following an earlier government request.
The PKK says it is currently holding several Turkish soldiers hostage.
