Monday, June 21, 2010

DTN News: Turkish Troops Enter Iraq After Kurd Rebel Attacks....NSI News Source Info # 658

(NSI News Source Info) ANKARA, Turkey - June 21, 2010: Turkish forces pushed into northern Iraq on Sunday, killing four people, including a 15-year-old girl, as they hit back against hideouts of Kurdish rebels who killed 12 soldiers in the deadliest spell of violence in two years.The ground incursion into Iraq came after Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan vowed to fight the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) "to the end" and PKK spokesman Ahmed Denis hit back with a threat to attack cities across Turkey if the army did not halt its policy of confrontation.

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