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Turkish fighters attack PKK targets in Iraq

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2010-05-21 00:15

ANKARA -- Twenty Turkish fighter jets have launched an aerial attack against around 50 targets of the outlawed Kurdish Workers Party (PKK) in northern Iraq, Turkish media reported Thursday.

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The targets were located in the Hakurk and Zap regions, local newspaper Hurriyet Daily News reported on its website, citing Turkey's private channel NTV.

The operation came a day after Turkish ambassador to Iraq Murat Ozcelik met President Masoud Barzani of the Kurdish Regional Government in northern Iraq on Tuesday, according to the report.