Turkish jets pound Iraqi Kurdistan amid growing calls for investigations over alleged chemical attacks

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TURKISH jets continued to pound Kurdish villages in Qandil and other parts of Iraqi Kurdistan today, amid growing demands for investigations over its alleged use of chemical weapons.

Missiles struck a number of villages in simultaneous attacks at around 10.30am local time, according to eyewitnesses, although no casualties were reported.

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• In one incident the chemical weapons watchdog reversed a decision to investigate Turkey’s use of white phosphorus in an attack on a civilian population in Sere Keniye, northern Syria. After receiving a donation of €30,000 (£25,000) from Turkey, the watchdog concluded that such probe fell outside its remit.

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