Turkish jets pound 50 Kurd rebel targets in Iraq: sources

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Turkish jets pound 50 Kurd rebel targets in Iraq: sources

January 16, 2013 11:47 AM

People stand near armoured vehicles of Turkish military stationed in front of Gecimli military outpost where Kurdish rebels attacked and killed 6 soldiers and 2 village guard on August 5, 2012 at Cukurca in Hakkari. AFP PHOTO/STR

DIYARBAKIR, Turkey, Jan 16, 2013 (AFP) - Turkish jets struck more than 50 Kurdish rebel targets in northern Iraq where members of the separatist outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) are holed up, military sources said Wednesday.

"Sixteen F-16 fighter jets took off from their base in Diyarbakir in the southeast at around 2000 GMT Tuesday and bombed the (rebel) targets in Qandil mountain in northern Iraq, 90 kilometres from the border," military sources said. "More than 50 targets were hit in the three-hour operation."

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Turkish jets struck more than 50 Kurdish rebel targets in northern Iraq where members of the separatist outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) are holed up, military sources said Wednesday.

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