Kurdish party claims raid

December 09 2011 18:35:48

Kurdish party claims raid

ISTANBUL - Doğan News Agency (DHA)

Turkish fighter planes bombed Zap Valley near Iraq’s northern town of Amediyah where key camps of the PKK are located, according to a statement on Iraq’s Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (IKYB) party’s website.

The website said the Dec. 7 and 8 bombings could be viewed from nearby settlements and have caused fear among the population. The official IKYB website claimed artillery shellfire and aerial bombing have been targeting the area and troops were mobilized alongside the Turkey-Iraq border.

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