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Turkish artillery shells N.Iraq - Kurdish officials
11 Jan 2008 09:22:06 GMT
Source: Reuters
ARBIL, Iraq, Jan 11 (Reuters) - Turkish artillery shelled northern Iraq on Friday morning, but there were no immediate reports of any casualties, a Kurdish official said.

Jabbar Yawar, spokesman for the Peshmerga security forces of northern Iraq, said Turkish forces had shelled two areas in Dahuk province for two hours. Earlier, Iraqi Kurdish television said Turkish military had bombed northern Iraq. (Baghdad newsroom)
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