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| Turkey 'in new Iraq air strikes' | Turkey 'in new Iraq air strikes' |
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| Turkish warplanes have bombed Kurdish rebels across the border in Northern Iraq, according to Kurdish officials. | Turkish warplanes have bombed Kurdish rebels across the border in Northern Iraq, according to Kurdish officials. |
| Jabbar Yawer, a spokesman for the Iraqi Kurdish security forces, said the air strikes lasted more than three hours and caused material damage. | Jabbar Yawer, a spokesman for the Iraqi Kurdish security forces, said the air strikes lasted more than three hours and caused material damage. |
| Turkey has launched two previous air attacks on northern Iraq in the last week. | Turkey has launched two previous air attacks on northern Iraq in the last week. |
| Turkey blames rebels from the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) of launching attacks on Turkey from bases in Iraq. | Turkey blames rebels from the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) of launching attacks on Turkey from bases in Iraq. |
| MOUNTING BORDER TENSION 7 Oct PKK rebels kill 13 Turkish troops near Iraqi border17 Oct - Turkish MPs allow military operations in Iraq21 Oct - 12 Turkish troops die in PKK ambush near Iraqi border 30 Nov - Turkish cabinet backs PKK pursuits in Iraq 13 Nov - Turkey shells PKK targets in Iraq, Baghdad says1 Dec - Turkish army targets rebels in Iraq, inflicting "heavy losses"16 Dec - Turkish jets bomb PKK targets in Iraq for the first time18 Dec - Some 300 Turkish troops cross over into northern Iraq22 Dec - Turkish planes bomb PKK targets in Iraq for the second time | |
| Mr Yawer, of the Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga security force, told Turkish television channel NTV that three jets took part in the raid in the Rawanduz area. | |
| There was no immediate confirmation from the Turkish military. | |
| Ankara approved cross-border raids on PKK bases in October, saying the Iraqi government and its US backers were not doing enough to halt attacks. | |
| The PKK - which is designated a terrorist organisation by Turkey, the US, and the EU - is thought to have about 3,000 rebels based in Iraq. |