(17 Dec 2007) SHOTLIST
Qali Jokan, Qandil mountains
1. Tracking shot of smoke rising from hillside in Qandil mountains
2. Wide shot of smoke and flames at alleged scene of Turkish air strikes in Iraqi village of Qali Jokan
3. Debris on ground
4. Tilt-up from debris to smoke and flames
5. Dead livestock
6. SOUNDBITE (Kurdish) Shwan Aziz, Kurdish resident:
"(Former Iraqi leader) Saddam Hussein didn't do half of what we have seen now. The Baath Party bombed our villages but it warned us before bombardment. But the Turkish troops fiercely attacked us without prior warning."
7. Wide shot of smoke and flames
8. Pan of debris, smoke and flames
9. Pile of belongings in foreground, destroyed house in background
10. Belongings in foreground, villagers, flame and smoke in background
11. Pan of village
12. Wide shot of village
13. Vehicle carrying villagers, belongings
14. Woman holding goat
15. SOUNDBITE (Kurdish) Halima Hamad, Kurdish resident:
"Saddam's era was better than now. Saddam's regime deported us three times, but we didn't see the bombardment and destruction we have now witnessed."
16. Villagers walking
17. Wide shot of village and Qandil mountains
STORYLINE
Residents of the Qandil mountains in northern Iraq were seen fleeing the area early on Monday, a day after Turkish warplanes bombed Kurdish rebel targets in the region.
Turkish air strikes on Sunday targeted rebels from the Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, as far as 100 kilometres (60 miles) inside northern Iraq.
It was the largest aerial attack against the PKK in recent years.
On Monday, AP Television filmed smouldering wreckage and dead livestock in the northern Iraqi village of Qali Jokan.
Angry Kurdish residents said the Turkish air strikes were responsible for the damage.
"Saddam Hussein didn't do half of what we have seen now. The Baath Party bombed our villages but it warned us before bombardment. But the Turkish troops fiercely attacked us without prior warning,'' said one resident, Shwan Aziz.
Villagers loaded their belongings into cars as they prepared to leave the area.
One woman described the era under former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein as "better than now".
"Saddam's regime deported us three times, but we didn't see the bombardment and destruction we have now witnessed,'' Halima Hamad said.
As many as 50 fighter jets were involved in Sunday's airstrikes, private NTV television and other media reported.
Turkey has recently attacked the area with ground-based artillery and helicopters and there have been some unconfirmed reports of airstrikes by warplanes.
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan suggested Turkey could stage more attacks on PKK hide-outs in northern Iraq.
Turkey has massed tens of thousands of troops along its border with Iraq in response to a series of attacks by the rebels.
In October, parliament voted in favour of authorising the government to order a cross-border operation against the group, which seeks autonomy for the Kurdish minority in southeastern Turkey.
The United States and Iraq have, however, called on Turkey to avoid a major operation, fearing such an offensive could disrupt one of the most tranquil regions in Iraq.
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