Five Turkish Soldiers Killed in Fighting With PKK in Northern Iraq
AntiWarAPR 20 2022
After an attack on the Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) in Ankara on Wednesday, where at least two gunmen opened fire and killed five people, the Turkish military retaliated by targeting sites in Northern Iraq and Northern Syria linked to the Kurdish militant group PKK.
No organization has taken responsibility for the attack, which left 22 people injured. Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said the authorities had "neutralized" the two attackers, a man and a woman, but insisted that PKK militants were most likely responsible.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was in Kazan, Russia, for the annual BRICS meeting when the attack occurred on Wednesday. In a social media post, Erdogan condemned the "hateful attack" that targeted the military sector. The US Embassy released a statement saying Washington "strongly condemns today's terrorist attack."
The terrible terrorist attack on Wednesday looks to have been a well-planned assault on the HQ of Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI), a strategic defense company that, among others things, makes unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), which have proven effective in combating Kurdish insurgents in both Syria and Iraq. Turkey is at war and is more determined than ever to rid the country of Kurdish terrorists.
In response to the deadly attack on the TAI defense industry headquarters in Ankara on Wednesday, Turkish warplanes attacked the 'usual suspects' Kurdish civilian infrastructure in northern Iraq and northern Syria, killing at least twelve people, including two children, and injuring 25 more. Turkey "claims the right to self-defense," but it punishes innocent civilians in neighboring countries with its military. Turkish state terror must end.