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Kurds Flee as Iran Shells Northern Iraq
[Associated Press] Yahya Barzanji - "Some 20 shells hit our village in a single day last week. We were crying as we prayed to God to protect us from the bombs of the Islamic Republic of Iran," said Serwa Ibrahim, one of the few remaining villagers in Mardow, Iraq, about 25 miles from the Iranian border. Iranian troops have been bombing border areas for weeks against suspected positions of the Free Life Party, or PEJAK. Iran says PEJAK - which seeks autonomy for Kurds in Iran - launches attacks inside Iran from bases in Iraq. The Kurdish region's interior minister, Othman Haji Mahmoud, told the Kurdish regional parliament Tuesday that the Iranian shelling led to the displacement of some 450 families in 20 villages, adding that several people were wounded in addition to material damages.