Sunday, October 21, 2007

Turkey Bombards Northern Iraq after PKK Ambush

The prospect of a Turkish invasion of northern Iraq in pursuit of fighters of the Kurdistan Workers party (PKK) drew closer today after another round of clashes in the mountainous frontier region that left at least 12 Turkish soldiers and 23 PKK guerillas dead, and saw a number of Turkish troops captured by the rebel group...
Read the full story at
guardian.co.uk

>>> BBC.co.uk has this take on the story... Turkey's leaders have vowed to "pay any price" to defeat terrorism after the latest attack by Kurdish rebels, which killed at least 12 soldiers.
Turkey vows to defeat PKK rebels

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