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| Iraq |
| Turkish Jets Hit Kurdish Rebel Bases in North Iraq |
| 2012-02-04 |
| [An Nahar] Turkey's military jets on Friday hit Kurdish rebel hideouts in northern Iraq where members of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) are holed up, the army said. "Three targets belonging to the separatist terrorist organization in the Zap region ... were effectively hit by Turkish air force planes," the General Staff said in a statement posted on its website. Fighting between Turkish forces and PKK rebels has escalated in recent months. In October, Turkey launched a major air and land offensive against the rebels in the southeast of the country and in neighboring northern Iraq after 24 of its troops were killed in a night-time ambush by rebels. The PKK took up arms in Kurdish-majority southeastern Turkey in 1984, sparking a conflict that has claimed about 45,000 lives. It is labeled a terrorist outfit by Ankara and much of the international community. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 I'd stay out of the Zap region |
| Posted by: Frank G 2012-02-04 09:45 |
| #1 Dale Brown develops this theme in his novel 'Rogue Forces.' |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2012-02-04 07:13 |