Turkey: 42 PKK Fighters Killed in Three Days of Bombing
Warplanes, Helicopters Attack Border Province of Hakkari
Officials with the Hakkari Provincial government in Turkey have reported that a three day military operation against the PKK in the province has resulted in 42 PKK fighters and one Turkish soldier dead.
Turkish forces say that drones were used to identify PKK fighters and air strikes were launched against them. The province has seen an increase in PKK activity in recent months, and officials say the operation is not over.
The ground campaign against the PKK was not described in details, but officials say that raids by troops turned up caches of “food supplies and medication” in several of the apparent camps, and attributed some raids to “anonymous tips.”
The Turkish military and the PKK have been fighting for nearly 30 years now, as the group seeks to carve out an independent Kurdistan, or at the very least a level of relative autonomy. The group is also active in Syria, where it has clashed with Turkish-backed Syrian rebels.
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David762
November 10th, 2012 at 2:30 am
An independent Khurdistan is one jigsaw puzzle piece in the Zionist NWO agenda of their neo-colonial strategy of "divide & conquer. Khurdistan would be carved out of portions of Turkey, Iraq, and Iran, weakening all three nations. A bonus for the NWO would be that Khurdistan would be a net energy exporter. As such, count on there being covert support from MI-6, the CIA, and Mossad.
Instability in the Erdogan regime due to the rising Syrian conflict makes the creation of an independent Khurdistan much more likely. The Zionists always work on multiple levels with their gambits so that any particular outcome benefits them. What compels Erdogan to work so ardently against the long-term interests of Turkey, except personal corruption — another Zionist NWO strategy that has worked so well for so long?
down with evils
November 10th, 2012 at 5:49 am
Erdugan is a war criminal who has turned Turkey into a chained dog of black imperialism and zionism…
Ahmetcan C.
December 12th, 2012 at 7:42 am
These raids were done by the Turkish Red Berets. We will not back down from our fight for a united Turkey. PKK will not win, they will suffer much more. After WW1, we learned our lessons. Not 1 inch of Turkey will be given away.