Turkey says air strikes killed 45 rebels in Iraq

[Brian4Liberty]

Turkey says air strikes killed 45 rebels
Weekend attack by suspected PKK has escalated tensions within Turkey which has a large Kurdish population in its southwest.
By: Suzan Fraser - Mar 15 2016

ANKARA, TURKEY—At least 45 Kurdish rebels were killed in Turkish air strikes against suspected militant targets in northern Iraq following the suicide car bombing in Ankara, the military said Tuesday, while clashes in the mainly-Kurdish city of Diyarbakir left a police officer and three Kurdish militants dead.

Turkish F-16 and F4 jets struck Kurdistan Workers Party, or PKK, positions across the border in Iraq on Monday, a day after the attack which killed 37 people and wounded dozens of others. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the Ankara attack, which authorities say was carried out by a female bomber and a possible male accomplice. Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said there were “almost certain” indications that the PKK carried out the attack.
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More: http://www.thestar.com/news/world/2...ed-45-rebels-as-clashes-arrests-continue.html

 

[Brian4Liberty]

So we have a terrorist attack in Turkey, with no identification of the attackers or people responsible, but Turkish leaders decide that bombing Kurds in Iraq is an appropriate reaction. Sounds like Islamic neoconservatives are running Turkey...

 

[Origanalist]

Screw Turkey, we shouldn't be involved with that fucked up country. Much less be in a position of being allied to it.