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Turkey seizes explosives used by Kurdish
militants
5.4.2006
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ISTANBUL, April
5, 2006 (AFP) - 06h43 - Turkish security forces have
seized ten kilos (22 pounds) of plastic explosives,
mainly used by Kurdish militants, in the country's
biggest city Istanbul, local officials said
Wednesday.
The explosives were found in a cemetery in the
Esenyurt district by paramilitary troops, the
Istanbul governor's office said in a statement.
The same type of explosives have, in the past, been
used by both the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK)
and its splinter group, the Kurdistan Freedom
Falcons (TAK).
Some 37,000 people have been killed since 1984 when
the PKK, blacklisted by Turkey, the United States
and the European Union, took up arms against the
Ankara government for self-rule in southeastern
Turkey (Kurdistan-Turkey).
The group has carried out bombings in both the
southeast and major cities as part of its campaign.
Turkish officials say TAK is a cover the PKK uses to
hit soft civilian targets, while the PKK denies any
organic link with the group.
AFP
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