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Turkish-Kurdish front: helicopters deploy attacks at the Iraqi border

??rnak , Turkey - Ankara: Turkey-US relationship depends on the American effort in the Turkish-Kurdish question

After Monday's battle (see AVIONEWS), bloody clashes went on yesterday between Turkish regular forces and the guerrillas of the illegal Kurdish political party PKK. A convoy of 18 military trucks was seen heading towards the border with Iraq. Meanwhile, the Turkish Army bombed some Kurdish positions, same in the South, and two Cobra helicopters attacked rebel positions in the nearby province of...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1081442
Rome, Italy, 10/31/2007 10:45
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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