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Sunday, December 23, 2007

Turkey claims many deaths in strike on Kurdish Iraq - International Herald Tribune

"Turkey claims many deaths in strike on Kurdish Iraq

ISTANBUL: In its third large cross-border attack into Iraq within a week, Turkey said Saturday that its warplanes had killed hundreds of separatist Kurdish rebels.

A statement from the military said that the air attack, which lasted less than half an hour, was followed by an artillery barrage on the same area from nearby units in Turkey. The military said that Kurdish PKK rebels were based in the area, and that the government would provide video and audio details of the operation later in the week."

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