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| The Grand Turk | |
| Turkish jets, troops target militants in Iraq | |
| 2015-09-09 | |
| [Hurriyet Daily News] Turkish fighter jets and ground troops have entered Iraq and targeted forces of Evil of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) following a holy warrior attack that killed 16 soldiers and maimed six others in the southeastern province of Hakkari on Sept. 6. The special forces unit of the Turkish Army entered northern Iraq to pursue the PKK holy warriors, who fled ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... after the deadly attack, and mark their positions for fighter jets to carry out attacks, according to military sources. Some 160 soldiers assigned under the special forces, which is directly responsible to the Turkish General Staff, were deployed by air to the southeastern region where the attack took place. They followed two holy warrior groups, consisting of 20 people, who were determined to be among the PKK members who staged the deadly attack in Hakkari. Sixteen Turkish soldiers were killed and six others injured on Sept. 6 in a major attack in Hakkari's Daglica locality that was conducted by the PKK, the Turkish General Staff said in a written statement on Sept. 7. When the forces of Evil fled to northern Iraq, the special forces units also crossed over the border thanks to a mandate from the Turkish Armed Forces to take military action in Iraq and Syria that was renewed for another year on Sept. 3. The soldiers stayed inside northern Iraq for a couple of hours, despite bad weather conditions, determined the coordinates of the PKK forces of Evil and also made necessary marks for an air campaign.
Rudaw's Bakhtiyar Qadir said Turkish warplanes flew over the area where he was for 10 minutes and then launched Qadir reports that civilians in Iraqi Kurdistan Region live in fear of renewed In recent weeks, the Qandil Witnesses told Rudaw the Turkish government has also intensified its air power near Amedi town in the Kurdistan region's Duhok province. Speaking at a news conference in Ankara on Monday, the day after an attack by PKK left 16 Turkish soldiers dead, Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said, "These mountains will be cleansed of terrorists. Whatever happens, they will be cleansed." The PKK attack was the deadliest since the Kurdish resistance movement renewed its armed campaign at the end of July. | |
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