Iraqi Kurds say Turkey shells area inside Iraq

[sabra]

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L1710785.htm

Iraqi Kurds say Turkey shells area inside Iraq


BAGHDAD, May 17 (Reuters) - The government of Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region accused Turkish forces of shelling an area inside northern Iraq on Wednesday.

Khaled Salih, a senior official of the Kurdish regional government in Arbil, said by telephone that no one was hurt when three shells slammed into a mountainous area close to the town of Kani Masi a few km (miles) inside Iraq.

"A village ... has been bombarded from the Turkish side. There were no casualties, but there was material damage," Salih told Reuters. "This is the second time in a week villages have been bombarded in the north."

"We will report this to the government in Baghdad so that they can contact the Turkish government and ask for an explanation," he said.

[jayfish]

1. I'm Sure They'll Get As Much Help From...

the government in Baghdad as they got from the US when Saddam was running his little version of ethnic cleansing.

Jay

[chelsea0011]

2. And Bush will surely ignore this.

[sarcasmo]

3. WWIII folks, a few more countries join into the mix.

Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, Turkey, USA, when will Israel feel Iran's rhetoric is to much and start launching missiles. I put Iran in their because we already have troops at their borders and are blaming them for helping the insurgents.

[One Honest Guy]

4. Kurds should rein in the PKK and other Kurdish terrorist groups

if they want their ethnic group to survive the first half of this century.