Iraq's Kurdish government sends team to bombed area

BAGHDAD (CNN) - Iraq's Kurdish regional government on Monday dispatched
a team to survey the bombarded swath of northern Iraq where Turkish jets
pounded targets identified as Kurdish separatist lairs and expressed concern
that civilians have been caught in the crossfire.

Jamal Abdullah, the spokesman of the Kurdish Regional Government, said
the committee, headed by the government's Ministry of Social Affairs went to
the Qalat Dizah area to assess damage and meet families displaced by the
bombardment. He confirmed the death of one woman and four others wounded in the
bombing.

"The PKK has given the Turkish government and military the excuse to
carry out such operations," Abdullah said, referring to the Kurdistan Workers'
Party, the separatist group.