2 Iraqi civilians killed in Turkish raids on Kurdistan

ARBIL / IraqiNews.com: Two civilians have been killed in a Turkish air raid on northern Iraq’s Kurdish village of Kurtak on Sunday, the Mayor of Nowdasht township reported.   “A Turkish warplane had bombarded the Kurtak Village of Nowdasht township inside Iraqi territories on Sunday, killing 2 civilians, as a preliminary result,” Haiman Abdullah told IraqiNews.com news agency.   The Turkish warplanes have bombarded several areas of Iraqi Kurdistan Region, under justification of chasing elements of the anti-Ankara Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) over the past few weeks, forcing Kurdish citizens to desert their home villages and causing severe material damage.   SKH (TP)/SR 362