Turkey Soldiers Chase Kurds

Above: Turks Soldier Chasing Kurds

The Turkish General Staff reports that Kurdish Kurdistan Workers Party guerrillas killed in recent battles is now up to 79 after just two days since taking the fighting to the mountains. Their troops (pictured above patrolling the snowy mountains) killed 35 rebels in Northern Iraq Saturday. The offensive was backed up by warplanes, artillery and combat helicopters. They also report losing 7 of their troops in battle.

This war between Turkish troops and the Kurdistan Workers Party, who are fighting to create a Kurdish homeland in southeast Turkey, has been going on for decades and has already spilled over to neighboring Iraq. The Kurdistan Workers Party is declared as a terrorist group by the international community.

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.