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 ... Read More

Below: Jabar Yawar being interviewed The Turkish forces crossed into an area near the border with Iran, about 120 kilometers (75 miles) north of the city of Irbil, said Jabar Yawar, a spokesman for Kurdistan's Peshmerga security forces. Jamal Abdullah, a spokesman for the regional Kurdistan government, said about 300 Turkish troops crossed the border at 3 a.m. (0000GMT). He described the region as a deserted mountainous frontier area. Must have nice women there ;) Above: Kurdish army on the march Turkey arrests ... Read More

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