Saturday, July 29, 2006

The New Anatolian-Report: Turkish soldiers crossed border into N.Iraq

"Report: Turkish soldiers crossed border into N.Iraq

The New Anatolian / Ankara
29 July 2006

Some 200 Turkish soldiers accompanied by village guards crossed the border into northern Iraq in a military operation against Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militants, an Iraqi Kurdish media source reported on Thursday.

Peyamner news agency, quoted Fahmi Sofi, an official with the Iraqi Kurdistan Democratic Party, as stating that Turkish soldiers penetrated into the Hork area near the border village of Kesta in Dahuk."

More:The New Anatolian