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Turkey's military attacks rebels in northern Iraq



By AP
11 October 2008 @ 05:30 pm AEST

ANKARA, Turkey - Turkey's military says its warplanes and artillery units have bombed dozens of Kurdish rebel targets in northern Iraq.

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It says in a statement that the attack took place around midnight Friday.

The offensive, announced Saturday, is the latest of a series of intensified Turkish attacks against Kurdish rebels since last week's rebel attack on a military unit on the border that killed 17 soldiers.

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