Breaking: TURKEY BOMBS IRAQ in retaliation for Kurdish attack

Turkey military hits Kurdish rebel targets in Iraq

The Turkish military says it has carried out strikes against Kurdish rebel targets in northern Iraq.

The raids by Turkish warplanes "effectively hit" targets belonging to the separatist Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), the armed forces' website said.

The strikes come a day after more than 30 people died in violence in south-east Turkey.

Eight Turkish soldiers died in a PKK attack, and 26 rebels were killed in Turkish counterattacks, officials said.

There have previously been many military operations similar to Wednesday's strikes in same area, but they have had little visible impact on the PKK's campaign against the Turkish state, the BBC's Jonathan Head in Istanbul reports.

[link to www.bbc.co.uk]