Turkish Aircraft Hit Kurdish Sites -- Border Reports Stoke Fears of Assault Into Iraq

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CIZRE, Turkey - Turkish warplanes and helicopter gunships reportedly pounded Kurdish rebel positions along the Turkey-Iraq border Wednesday, broadening military operations against insurgents amid persistent fears Turkey will launch a major offensive inside Iraq.

Turkish Cabinet members and military generals held a six-hour meeting in Ankara to discuss a possible operation in northern Iraq, but decided to recommend the government take economic measures first to force cooperation by Iraqis against Kurdish rebels.

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Turkish Aircraft Hit Kurdish Sites -- Border Reports Stoke Fears of Assault Into Iraq

The state-run Anatolia news agency reported that Turkish warplanes and attack helicopters bombed moun...

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