Turkish troops patrolling villages on Turkey Iraq border
(24 Feb 2008) SHOTLIST Shiladizi village, Iraq-Turkish border 1. Turkish flag painted on mountainside across the border 2. Turkish flag painted on mountainside 3. Turkish soldiers on hilltops patrolling the area 4. Various of border area 5. Turkish troops on hillside 6. Wide shot looking up to building on hillside 7. Group of boys walking along road 8. Damaged building 9. Various of crater caused by bombing 10. Damaged road 11. Various of Turkish soldiers patrolling the area Pishtatik village, Iraq-Turkish border 12. Road that passes through village 13. Buildings 14. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Vox pop, Pishtatik resident: ''We are afraid of the bombings, what about the little children? They are afraid of the bombardments.'' 15. Kurdish villagers walking on road STORYLINE AP Television footage on Sunday showed Turkish soldiers patrolling inside northern Iraq. The troops could be seen on patrol near the villages of Shiladizi and Pishtatik. Locals expressed concern about the incursion. ''We are afraid of the bombings, what about the little children. They are afraid of the bombardments,'' one Pishtatik resident told AP Television. Turkish F-16 jets flew into northern Iraq on Sunday as elite commandos chased Kurdish rebels in a major ground operation across the border that has drawn criticism from the Iraqi government and Iraqi Kurd leaders. Turkey's military said on Sunday that one of its helicopters went down on the Turkish-Iraqi border and that eight more soldiers were killed in combat during its cross-border ground operation in northern Iraq. It was not clear if the eight were on board the helicopter. Kurdish rebels said earlier that they shot down a Turkish military helicopter near the Turkish border. The new deaths bring the announced Turkish military toll to 15. Earlier, the Turkish military said at least 79 PKK (Kurdistan Workers' Party) rebels had been killed in the operation since Thursday. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter: / ap_archive Facebook: / aparchives Instagram: / apnews You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...
