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Turkish Warplanes Target Kurdish Rebel Sites in N. Iraq

Sep. 26, 2008
CAIRO, Sept. 26 -- Turkish warplanes crossed the border into northern Iraqi airspace to bomb 16 Kurdish rebel sites, a spokesman for Turkey's military said Friday. There were no reports of any deaths in the air attacks, which occurred late Thursday night.
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