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Turkey bombs Kurd positions in Iraq

turkish military convoy via AFP

Turkish warplanes have carried out strikes on suspected Kurdish militant targets in northern Iraq, the army said on Sunday. The general staff said on its website the air strikes had hit “nine targets belonging to the separatist terrorist organisation” referring to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), on June 22-24.…

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Iraq PM: Exxon’s deal with the Kurds ‘may lead tothe outbreak of wars’

Iraq Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, pictured in 2011. (AFP Photo/Ahmad al-Rubaye)

Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki believes a contract between US oil giant ExxonMobil and Iraq’s autonomous Kurdistan region is dangerous and could lead to “wars,” his spokesman told AFP on Tuesday. ExxonMobil signed an oil exploration deal with the Kurdistan region in northern Iraq covering six areas, including two that are…

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Turkish jets bomb Kurdish rebel bases in north Iraq

US soldiers patrol the Iraqi village via AFP

ISTANBUL — Turkish jets have bombed Kurdish rebel hideouts in northern Iraq, home to members of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), the army said on Sunday. “Two groups of targets belonging to the separatist terrorists in the regions of Zap and Kahurk were hit with efficiency in the evening…

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