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Turkey's military did not confirm or deny the report by the private station NTV, which cited Iraqi Kurd officials as saying the Turks had carried out attacks in the region of Sidekan.
Saleh Ali, a captain in the Iraqi border guards, told The Associated Press that Turkish aircraft bombarded Dashti Barzji, an uninhabited area in Irbil province about 15 miles from the border. He said he had no information about damage.
On Friday the Turkish military ended an eight-day ground incursion against the Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, who have been accused of using havens in northern Iraq to launch guerrilla attacks against Turkish targets. U.S. officials pressured Turkey to quickly wrap up the operation.
The decision to end the incursion prompted criticism in Turkey, where the opposition accused the government of bowing to pressure from Washington to end the campaign prematurely.
Senior Turkish military officials have said the ground incursion was a success.
The PKK took up arms against the Turkish state in 1984 and has fought for Kurdish self-rule in Turkey's southeast. The conflict has killed up to 40,000 people.
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