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17.08.2008 - Turkish warplanes 'bomb PKK base'

Turkish warplanes bombed a hideout of the rebel Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in northern Iraq late on Saturday, the Turkish army says.

It says the jets "successfully" hit the PKK base in a cave in the Avasin-Basyan area and returned to their bases.

The news are represented by www.info-turkey.ru

The Turkish army did not give any details of casualties.

Turkey accuses PKK rebels of using hideouts in northern Iraq to fight their campaign for self-rule in mainly Kurdish south-east Turkey.

Ankara has staged a number of air raids on suspected rebel targets in northern Iraq since last year, and mounted a major ground incursion last February.

Some 40,000 people have been killed since the PKK launched its campaign in 1984.

(BBC)

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