It had earlier reported that its warplanes bombed havens of PKK deep inside Iraq but had not given any figures for terrorist casualties.
«According to initial assessments, more than 150 terrorists were rendered inefficient and the operation led to panic among the members of the terrorist organization,»
the statement said.
On Friday, the military had released footage of the raid. It said 43 PKK targets, including 29 shelters, were attacked.
Then, the military said only that «a large number» of terrorists had been killed. That was disputed by a PKK spokesman, who said no PKK members had been killed or injured.
An official from Iraqi President Jalal Talabani’s Patriotic Union of Kurdistan party said villagers told him four terrorists were killed in the operation. The official
declined to be named because he was not authorized to speak to the media.
