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Turkish jets hit PKK positions in northern Iraq (Roundup)
Sep 26, 2008, 9:03 GMT
Ankara - The Turkish military confirmed on Friday that Turkish warplanes bombed suspected Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK) positions in northern Iraq late Thursday night, the NTV private television station reported.
Sixteen targets were hit in air raids that began around 10 pm (1900 GMT) against targets in the mountainous Kandil region near the Iraqi border with Iran.
'The warplanes returned safely to their bases after successfully completing their mission,' NTV quoted a General Staff official as saying.
The official also said that six PKK rebels and one Turkish soldier were killed in fighting on Mt Cudi in south-eastern Turkey in fighting Thursday night.
The Turkish Air Force has conducted a number of airstrikes against PKK targets in northern Iraq since a week-long cross-border incursion into northern Iraq was launched in February.
Ankara blames the separatist group for the deaths of more than 32,000 people since the early 1980s when the PKK began its fight for independence or autonomy for the mainly Kurdish-populated south-east of Turkey.
The PKK is considered by the United States and the European Union to be a terrorist group.
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