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October 6, 2008

Turkey Launches Air Strikes on Kurdish Rebels in Northern Iraq
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Turkish General Hasan Igsiz says that the local Kurdish administration
in northern Iraq refuses to cooperate with the Turkish military 
Turkey's military said Monday that it had carried out an air strike
inside northern Iraq overnight against Kurdish separatist rebels. Turks
march to protest against Kurdish rebels who killed 15 Turkish soldiers
Friday at Turkey-Iraq border, in Istanbul, Turkey, Sunday, 05 Oct.
2008On Sunday, the military accused Iraq's Kurdish leaders of tolerating
Kurdish rebels who use Iraq as a base to attack Turkish soldiers.
Turkish General Hasan Igsiz said that the local Kurdish administration
in northern Iraq refuses to cooperate with the Turkish military. He said
the Turkish military expects the Iraqi Kurds to consider the rebel
Kurdistan Workers Party, or PKK, a terrorist organization, and to stop
supporting it. The general made the comments as top government and
military officials attended the funerals of 15 soldiers killed by PKK
rebels Friday. Baghdad condemned Friday's deadly attack. The rebels have
been fighting for Kurdish autonomy in southeastern Turkey for more than
two decades!
 . At least 37,000 people have died in the violence.

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