Turkey: Chopper went down in Iraq, 8 more soldiers killed in combat
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF
Turkey's military said 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.