Turkey bomb the Kurds in Northern Iraq, US involved

Above: Kandil mountains, Kurdistan, Northern Iraq, Iran, Turkey

Turkey bombed several villages in Northern Iraq yesterday the 16th: Zap, Hakurk and Avasin as well as areas in the Kandil/Qandil (Depends on who you talk to) mountainous region were hit. Apparently striking at the PKK (The Kurdistan workers party). There is an old Kurdish saying, ” The Kurds have no friends but the mountains. ” The strike lasted 3 hrs and began at 2300 GMT, 0200 local time. Iraq says Ten villages hit and 1 person killed, the PKK advise 7, 5 fighters and 2 civilians. A spokesman for the region’s president, Massud Barzani, said the military strike was a “violation of Iraq’s sovereignty and appears to be backed by the United States”. Turkey advise that they informed the US before they made the attack. The US say they were aware of the attack but did nothing about it. ” We have not approved any decision, it is not for us to approve, However, we were informed before the event, ” US EMBASSY IN BAGHDAD.