Shhhh, keep this quiet. Maybe nobody will notice. Turkish warplanes, helicopters and artillery bombed suspected hideouts of Kurdish rebels in remote,
February 23, 2008

Shhhh, keep this quiet. Maybe nobody will notice.

Turkish warplanes, helicopters and artillery bombed suspected hideouts of Kurdish rebels in remote, mountainous terrain of northern Iraq Saturday.

The Turkish military said at least 35 Kurdish rebels and two Turkish soldiers died in fighting Saturday. A total of seven soldiers and at least 79 rebels have been killed in Iraq since Turkey launched a ground incursion late Thursday, according to the military.

The rebel Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, claimed it had killed 15 Turkish troops.

Massoud Barzani, head of the regional Kurdish administration in northern Iraq, warned Turkey it will face large-scale resistance if it targets civilians in its ground incursion...read on

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