Mar 01 2008

Turkish Raid on Kurd Iraq Bases Over

Posted by War and Conflict Journal in Current Affairs, Iraq

Turkish forces withdrew from orthern Iraq on Feb. 29, concluding an eight-day offensive in the northern Iraqi mountains against the PKK Kurdish rebels who use Iraq as a save haven.

The Turkish military claims to have killed 237 PKK rebels, while losing 27 of its own men.

Turkish_tank_in_iraq Turkish tank during the anit-PKK offensive in Northern Iraq, February, 2008.

Photo by Reuters