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 ... Read More