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Turkish warplanes attack PKK rebels in Iraq

ANKARA
Sun Dec 16, 2007 1:20am EST

ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish warplanes attacked Kurdish rebel positions across the border in the mountains of northern Iraq early on Sunday, the military General Staff said in a statement.

Turkey's armed forces have conducted several cross-border military operations in recent weeks against rebels of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), who use northern Iraq as a base from which to attack security forces inside Turkey.

(Reporting by Gareth Jones; Writing by Michael Winfrey)



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