Turkey: Air raids kill 35 civilians
Turkish warplanes aiming for suspected Kurdish rebels hiding in Iraq instead killed 35 civilians – most of whom are believed to be cigarette smugglers, a senior official said Thursday.
It was one of the largest one-day civilian death tolls incurred during Turkey's 27-year-old drive against militant Kurds seeking autonomy in the country's southeast. It also is the latest instance of violence to undermine the Turkish government's efforts to grant cultural and other rights to aggrieved Kurds. (AP)
