Turkish jets bombed several villages in northern Iraq
The targeted towns included Suradeh, a hamlet of about 30 homes nestled in the Kandil Mountains more than 50 miles from the Turkish border. Yesterday afternoon, residents who had sought shelter in frigid mountain caves during the overnight bombardment returned to a scene of damaged homes and dead livestock. Many were packing up and leaving in fear of additional attacks. As they bundled blankets, dishes, food, and clothes in vehicles or on the backs of mules, they spoke of the overnight terror.
In Turkey, news reports quoted Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan as describing the bombings as "a comprehensive operation against camps of a terrorist organization in the north of Iraq."
He warned of more military assaults against the PKK, which has fought the Turkish government since 1984 for a separate Kurdish terrorists. The United States considers the organization a terrorist group, and during a visit to Iraq earlier this month, Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte said Washington shared Turkey's goal of ending PKK activities "once and for all.". 18/12/07
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