PKK kills 24 Turkish troops, Ankara hits back (PHOTO)

Demonstrators in central Ankara protest against the latest attacks
against the Turkish military. — Reuters pic

DIYARBAKIR, Turkey, Oct 20 — Turkey has launched air and ground assaults on Kurdish militants in Iraq, vowing to exact “great revenge” after 24 Turkish soldiers were killed yesterday in one of the deadliest Kurdish attacks in years.

Turkish officials said about 100 fighters from the PKK, or the Kurdistan Workers Party, mounted simultaneous attacks under cover of darkness on seven remote army outposts in Hakkari province, on Turkey’s rugged southeastern border with Iraq.

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