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October 30, 2007

Turkish Forces Continue Attacks on Kurdish Rebel Positions in
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Southeast
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http://enews.voanews.com/t?ctl=1A10B18:A6F02AD83191E160886F602B9FCD7E6F30EB2FA2E66CBB22 State media says
at least four soldiers killed in fighting Turkish attack helicopters
have fired at Kurdish rebel positions in a southeastern border region
for a second day.







Turkish helicopter flies over Cudi mountain during attack on Kurdistan
Workers Party (PKK) camp, 30 October 2007Witnesses say the helicopters
flew over a mountain in Sirnak province early Tuesday, and soon
afterwards black smoke was seen rising in the sky.

Turkey's state media said at least four soldiers have been killed in
the fighting that erupted early Monday, when Turkish forces surrounded
about 100 Kurdish rebels near the border.

Turkey's foreign minister says all options remain open in the fight
against Kurdish rebels and terrorists based in northern Iraq.

In an interview with the BBC, Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshiyar Zebari
warned about "disastrous consequences" if Turkey launches an incursion
into northern Iraq to pursue the rebels with the Kurdistan Workers'
Party, or PKK.

Turkey accuses Kurdish rebels of using bases in northern Iraq to
launch attacks into southeastern Turkey.



The European Union and the United States are pressing Ankara not to
invade northern Iraq to pursue the rebels.



Some information for this report was provided by AP and Reuters.


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