Turkish military says jets hit a group that was approaching Turkish border

ANKARA (A.A) - December 29, 2011 - Turkey's General Staff said on Thursday that jets hit a group that was approaching Turkish border. A General Staff statement said Turkish military had raised its surveillance and controls across Turkey-Iraq border as it had received an intelligence that the terrorist organization was planning to attack military outposts after their recent losses. "Unmanned aerial vehicles found out that a group was approaching Turkish border from the north of Iraq on Wednesday evening, and Air Forces jets hit the targets between 9:37 and 10:24 p.m. last night as the group was seen in an area mostly used by terrorists," the statement said. The statement said the incident occurred in Sinat-Haftanin region in the north of Iraq where the main camps of the terrorist organization were situated, and where there was no civilian settlement.  The General Staff statement came after some allegations that "villagers were killed" in the bombing. Earlier on Thursday, the governor of Turkey's southeastern province of Sirnak said on Thursday that he had received an information that over 20 people were killed across Turkey-Iraq border. Vahdettin Ozkan said he had not received a definite information about the incident yet. "We have only learned that more than 20 people were killed. A crisis center has been set up at the governor's office, and prosecutors and security forces have been sent to the region," Ozkan told AA correspondent. Turkey's southeast is used by PKK terrorists to illegally sneak into Turkey to stage terrorist attacks.  Since 1984, PKK's terrorist acts resulted in the death of more than 30,000 Turkish citizens, among whom were innocent civilians, teachers and other public servants, many deliberately murdered, and large amount of economic loss. In its history, the terrorist organization also employed suicide-bombing methods, waged mainly by women terrorists in Turkey; and kidnapped foreign tourists in southeastern Anatolia in the early 1990s. In order to damage Turkey's economy, the organization also set forests in Turkey's tourist resorts on fire. The PKK is designated a terrorist group by Turkey, the European Union and the United States.