Reuters: Turkish Warplanes Bomb Iraq

Jan 11, 2008 10:22 PM

Turkish warplanes bombed border villages in Kurdish-controlled northern Iraq on Friday morning, Iraqi Kurdish television said.
Kurdistan TV, controlled by supporters of Kurdish regional President Masoud Barzani, gave no details of any injuries or damage to property.
There was no immediate comment from Kurdish government officials and Reuters reporters in southeastern Turkey said [...]

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Reuters: US Warplanes Pound Baghdad Outskirts

Jan 11, 2008 7:25 AM

US warplanes launched their biggest air strike in Iraq since at least 2006, bombarding date palm groves on Baghdad’s southern outskirts with more than 40,000 pounds of bombs in a matter of minutes.
Two B-1 bombers and four F-16 fighter jets struck more than 40 al Qaeda targets in three zones of [...]

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