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Iraq |
Families flee Iranian shelling on Kurdish rebels in Iraq |
2006-05-01 |
SULAIMANIYAH, Iraq - Iranian forces shelled Kurdish rebel positions in Iraq for the second day on Monday, forcing dozens of Kurdish families to flee, a rebel leader said. “The Iranians shelled PKK positions from 9 pm (1700 GMT) on Sunday until 5 am (0100 GMT) on Monday,” Rustom Judi, a leader of the rebel Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in Iraq’s northern province of Sulaimaniyah, told AFP. “Dozens of families were forced to leave their homes,” he said. “We have casualties,” he added, but did not provide further details. Iranian troops targeted positions around the villages of Laradu, Rushga and Qalaa Tuka about 190 kilometers (118 miles) north of Sulaimaniyah in the region’s rugged mountains, Judi said. On Sunday Iraq’s defence ministry said Iranian forces had entered Iraqi territory and shelled PKK positions over a period of 24 hours. |
Posted by:Steve |
#7 yes, they should! dont they have any balls? |
Posted by: bk 2006-05-01 17:39 |
#6 Over act of war. Even if I totally despise the PKK because thay are communists the government of Iraq should react. |
Posted by: SPoD 2006-05-01 15:35 |
#5 Geeze where is the media on this?! |
Posted by: Jimp Ulaimble6239 2006-05-01 14:54 |
#4 Weapons testing opportunity. |
Posted by: wxjames 2006-05-01 14:32 |
#3 Now. |
Posted by: closedanger 2006-05-01 12:49 |
#2 So... if cross border shooting at potential terror camps is OK by IRAN.... When do we do it? |
Posted by: Unaise Thavigum5816 2006-05-01 12:00 |
#1 Sounds like a really good reason to saturation bomb every Iranian Revolutionary Guard unit within 30 miles of the border. |
Posted by: ed 2006-05-01 09:43 |