ARBIL, Iraq (AFP) -- Turkish troops shelled an Iraqi border village overnight, continuing its bombardment of areas where Turkish Kurd rebels have set up bases, a frontier guard said on Monday.

The shelling came ahead of a meeting of the Turkish government in Ankara to prepare a motion seeking parliamentary approval for a military incursion into northern Iraq, where an estimated 3,500 rebels of the separatist Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) are based.
The hamlet of Kani Masi, about 40 kilometers (25 miles) northeast of the town of Dohuk in the autonomous Kurdish area of Iraq, was the target of the latest attack, the Iraqi border guard said.
""The shelling began soon after 10:00 P.M. (1900 GMT) on Sunday and carried on sporadically for an hour or so,"" the guard told AFP.
He added that Kani Masi was almost deserted at the time of the attack because residents had already fled shelling that had begun earlier in the day.
""Only a few men were left in Kani Masi when the shelling began last night,"" said the guard, a member of the Iraqi army who spoke on condition of anonymity.
""No one was hurt but buildings were damaged.""
On Saturday night and through Sunday, shells crashed into villages near the border town of Zakhu and in the Al-Amadiyah area about 15 kilometers (nine miles) from the frontier and 50 kilometers northeast of Dohuk.
There have been no immediate reports of casualties.
The Turkish cabinet is expected to ask parliament to approve a one-year authorization for a military operation in northern Iraq.
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said international pressure would not deter Ankara from sending troops into northern Iraq, adding that ""the cost has already been calculated.""
Ankara charges the PKK has used bases in northern Iraq to launch a renewed offensive inside Turkey that saw 15 soldiers killed last week.
A spokesman for the PKK in Iraq, Abdul Rahman al-Jadershi, has denied the rebel group is crossing into Turkey to launch attacks.
""We have not left Kurdistan nor are we hitting Turkish targets from Kurdistan ... The other operations are being carried out by our members in Turkey,"" he told AFP on Sunday.
""Turkey is deploying forces near the border but we are ready to respond and have taken positions.""
Turkey and Iraq signed an accord last month to combat the PKK, but failed to agree on a clause allowing Turkish troops to engage in ""hot pursuit"" against rebels fleeing into Iraqi territory, as they did regularly in the 1990s.