Fierce Turkish assault takes heavy toll

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Series Details 25.2.08
Publication Date 25/02/2008
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Eight Turkish soldiers and 33 Kurdish separatist militants were killed on the 24 February 2008 as Turkey continued a ferocious assault on PKK bases in northern Iraq. The US urged Turkey to keep its military campaign as short as possible.

Related hyperlinks follows subsequent developments and discuss the wider implications of the raids for relations between Turkey and the west and for the security situation in the region.

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Deutsche Welle, 26.2.08: Turkey's Pursuit of Kurdish Rebels Carries European Implications http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,3148280,00.html
BBC News, 25.2.08: Turkey hits rebels in new attacks http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/7263258.stm
BBC News, 24.2.08: Turkey admits loss of helicopter http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/7261797.stm

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