Turkey bombs PKK target in northern Iraq

17/08/2008

ANKARA, Turkey -- Turkish warplanes bombed a cave used by the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in neighbouring northern Iraq early on Sunday (August 17th), the military said. A large group of PKK terrorists was using the hideout to plan an attack in Turkey, the statement said.

On Friday, a bomb at the ruling Justice and Development Party's (AKP) offices in Hakkari province injured three people, including one child.

In other news, a land mine planted by PKK militants injured three Turkish soldiers in Hakkari province, media reported on Friday. (Hurriyet, NTV, HaberTurk - 17/08/08, Xinhua - 16/08/08, Hurriyet, Dogan news agency, Anadolu news agency, CNN Turk - 15/08/08)