Turkish military says more than 150 Kurdish rebels killed in Iraq during past week

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Source: The Associated Press

Published: May 3, 2008


ISTANBUL, Turkey: The Turkish military said Saturday that more than 150 Kurdish rebels were killed in a cross-border air raid into northern Iraq earlier this week — possibly including senior members of the rebel group.

But Kurdish rebels disputed that, saying only six had been killed.

According a written statement issued by the Turkish military, Turkish warplanes hit all their intended targets in a three-hour air operation on Mount Qandil in Iraq. The raid ended early Friday, the military said.

It had reported earlier that its warplanes bombed havens of the Kurdish rebel group PKK deep inside Iraq but had not given casualty figures ...

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