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TURKEY: MILITARY POUND KURDISH POSITIONS INSIDE NORTHERN IRAQ

(15 May 1997) Natural Sound Turkish troops, tanks and air power pounded Kurdish positions inside northern Iraq on Thursday in the second day of a sweep through the region. F-4 Phantom jets from two south-eastern Turkish bases, struck camps used by the separatist Kurdistan Workers Party (P-K-K) in the Iraqi mountains, while U-S made Cobra helicopters continued the assault on rebel units. At least 30 P-K-K rebels have been killed since the Turkish military operation was launched on Wednesday, according to the state-run Anatolian news agency. It's believed that Turkish troops have been ordered to prevent future raids across the border by Kurdish guerillas. There is no word of any casualties on the Turkish side - but fighting was continuing and the toll is expected to rise. Soldiers at Habur, the main commercial entry point, said the army had established a second crossing further to the east to speed up the movement of men and machines over the border. Armoured personnel carriers and tanker trucks, part of a resupply effort, moved through Habur periodically. The incursion -- the biggest in two years and involving at least 10-thousand troops -- was carried out under a "news blackout" with journalists barred from the region. Film and mobile telephones confiscated by Iraqi Kurds supporting the attack. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...