Turkish planes bomb northern Iraq

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7146567.stm

Turkish planes bomb northern Iraq


Turkish warplanes have bombed suspected Kurdish rebel bases deep inside northern Iraq - in what appears the first time fighter jets have been used.
They targeted the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in areas near the border, officials said. The Turkish media said up to 50 planes were used.

Iraqi officials say bombs hit 10 villages, killing one woman, while the PKK reported seven deaths.

Turkish PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan hailed the air strikes as a "success".

"Our struggle will continue inside and outside Turkey with the same determination."

Turkey has regularly targeted the PKK inside Iraq in recent months, but this is thought to be the first fighter jet raid outside its own territory.

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1. Fifty planes...Surely we saw this coming and let it happen.

...looks like support for a Kurdish homeland is waning in the Cheney Administration.