Turkey says its planes hit PKK group in n.Iraq
Wonderful stuff that. There are a couple of problems here, beyond the formatting of the headline. In the article there is no mention that this is a blatant violation of sovreignty, merely that “Fighting has intensified in southeastern Turkey in recent weeks” – due to Turkish war planes attacking both military and civillian targets inside both Iraq and Turkey over the past months. Although Reuters only mention attacks by the PKK – carried out mainly by mines, and with military only casualties. Indeed the PKK are characterised as a “guerrilla group, hiding in a cave”. I guess its a plus they weren’t called terrorists, but given the Turkish government’s persecution of Kurds, targeting of civillians, violations of national and international law and so forth, the pro-Turkish, anti-Kurd stance of the article is a disgrace.
