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Turkey Admits To Killing Over 150 People In Bombing Campaign Against Northern Iraq
More than 150 Kurdish fighters have been killed in a series of cross-border air raids by Turkey into northern Iraq, the country's military has said.
But a spokesman for the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) said that only six fighters from a breakaway faction were killed in Friday's raids on Mount Qandil in Iraq.
The latest raids, which began on Thursday, mark the Turkish military's deepest operation inside Iraq against the PKK.
"According to initial assessments, more than 150 terrorists were rendered inefficient [killed] and the operation led to panic among the members of the terrorist organisation," a Turkish military statement released on Saturday said.
It said that 43 targets, including shelters and a PKK communications centre, were destroyed.
'Psychological warfare'
Ahmed Danis, a PKK spokesman told the AFP news agency: "The Turkish government is indulging in psychological warfare against the people of Kurdistan and PKK."
"The Turkish media is exaggerating the number of attacks and the number of people killed and wounded."
An official from the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan party, which is headed by Jalal Talabani, Iraq's president, said villagers had told him that four PKK fighters were killed in the Turkish operation.
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http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/6F078BD8-61E6-470E-9B58-5FF21FDB32F8.htm
The latest raids, which began on Thursday, mark the Turkish military's deepest operation inside Iraq against the PKK.
"According to initial assessments, more than 150 terrorists were rendered inefficient [killed] and the operation led to panic among the members of the terrorist organisation," a Turkish military statement released on Saturday said.
It said that 43 targets, including shelters and a PKK communications centre, were destroyed.
'Psychological warfare'
Ahmed Danis, a PKK spokesman told the AFP news agency: "The Turkish government is indulging in psychological warfare against the people of Kurdistan and PKK."
"The Turkish media is exaggerating the number of attacks and the number of people killed and wounded."
An official from the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan party, which is headed by Jalal Talabani, Iraq's president, said villagers had told him that four PKK fighters were killed in the Turkish operation.
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http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/6F078BD8-61E6-470E-9B58-5FF21FDB32F8.htm
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