PKK denies any fighters killed in Turk air strikes
BAGHDAD, May 3 (Reuters) - Kurdish PKK rebels in northern Iraq denied on Saturday claims by the Turkish military that more than 150 of their fighters had been killed in Turkish air strikes inside northern Iraq.
"There were not 150 PKK fighters killed. This is totally inaccurate," PKK spokesman Ahmed Danees told Reuters by satellite phone from a secret location in northern Iraq.
He said the air strikes had killed six Kurdish rebels from a different faction that is fighting Iran. The air strikes took place near an area where the borders of Iraq, Turkey and Iran meet.
"There were not 150 PKK fighters killed. This is totally inaccurate," PKK spokesman Ahmed Danees told Reuters by satellite phone from a secret location in northern Iraq.
He said the air strikes had killed six Kurdish rebels from a different faction that is fighting Iran. The air strikes took place near an area where the borders of Iraq, Turkey and Iran meet.
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