Report: Turkey Levels New Iraq Attack

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Source: CBS News/AP

Helicopter Bombs Target Kurdish Rebels, According To Iraqi Officials

(CBS/AP) Turkish warplanes bombed areas in northern Iraq in an attack against separatist Kurdish rebels Wednesday, five days after troops ended a cross-border ground incursion, an Iraqi security official said.

Turkish planes bombarded Dashti Barzji in Irbil province, about 15 miles from the Turkish border, Iraqi border guard Capt. Saleh Ali told The Associated Press. The area is uninhabited and there were no reports of casualties or damage, he said.

Turkish private NTV television, citing an Iraqi Kurd official, reported that military helicopters attacked the region of Sidekan, 30 miles south of the Turkey-Iraq border.

Turkey's military has not yet confirmed or denied the reports.


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