Wednesday, May 17, 2006

Iraqi Kurds say Turkey shells area inside Iraq

BAGHDAD, May 17 (Reuters) - The government of Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region accused Turkish forces of shelling an area inside northern Iraq on Wednesday.

Khaled Salih, a senior official of the Kurdish regional government in Arbil, said by telephone that no one was hurt when three shells slammed into a mountainous area close to the town of Kani Masi a few km (miles) inside Iraq.

"A village ... has been bombarded from the Turkish side. There were no casualties, but there was material damage," Salih told Reuters. "This is the second time in a week villages have been bombarded in the north."

"We will report this to the government in Baghdad so that they can contact the Turkish government and ask for an explanation," he said.

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