ANKARA, Turkey -- Warplanes and artillery units bombed bases of the terrorist Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in northern Iraq, killing a large group of PKK militants, the armed forces said on Friday (October 10th). The operation took place late Thursday, military spokesman General Metin Gurak said, without providing the location or the number of PKK militants killed. The offensive was the latest in a series of punitive operations in northern Iraq to avenge a PKK ambush a week ago that killed 17 Turkish soldiers. On Thursday, the Turkish Foreign Ministry said Ankara expects...
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