Richard
10-20-2011, 12:57
And so it goes...
Richard :munchin
Turkey Attacks PKK in Iraq
WSJ, 20 Oct 2011
Turkey's Armed Forces on Thursday launched a broad land assault into northern Iraq to attack bases of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, in a major escalation of a long-running conflict.
Twenty-two battalions were involved in a "large scale" operation targeting five areas in Iraq and Turkey, a statement on the website of the general staff of the military said. A Turkish defense ministry official said the force amounted to some 9,000-10,000 troops.
The cross-border operation followed one of the deadliest attacks the PKK has carried out in almost three decades of fighting, first for a separate Kurdish state...
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204618704576642963070692124.html
Richard :munchin
Turkey Attacks PKK in Iraq
WSJ, 20 Oct 2011
Turkey's Armed Forces on Thursday launched a broad land assault into northern Iraq to attack bases of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, in a major escalation of a long-running conflict.
Twenty-two battalions were involved in a "large scale" operation targeting five areas in Iraq and Turkey, a statement on the website of the general staff of the military said. A Turkish defense ministry official said the force amounted to some 9,000-10,000 troops.
The cross-border operation followed one of the deadliest attacks the PKK has carried out in almost three decades of fighting, first for a separate Kurdish state...
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204618704576642963070692124.html