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Five Turkish soldiers killed in
southeastern Turkey
31.5.2006
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DIYARBAKIR,
Kurdistan-Turkey, May 31, 2006 (AFP) , -- Five
members of Turkish the security forces were killed
in clashes with armed Kurdish rebels in the
country's mainly Kurdish southeast, local security
officials said Wednesday.
The fighting erupted late Tuesday at Kato mountain
near Uludere town in Sirnak province, which borders
Iraq and Syria, the sources said.
The casualties included two soldiers and three
Kurdish militia paid by the government to assist in
fighting against rebels of the outlawed Kurdistan
Workers" Party (PKK).
The clashes come a day after two soldiers and two
PKK rebels were killed in the same area.
Fighting between the army and the rebels have
significantly escalated this year and Kurdish
militants have claimed a series of bomb attacks in
urban centers.
The army has amassed troops in the southeast to step
up security operations and stop what it says are
increasing rebel incursions from neighboring
northern Iraq, where the PKK took refuge after
declaring a unilateral ceasefire in 1999. The truce
was called off in June 2004.
The Kurdish conflict has claimed more than 37,000
lives since 1984 when the PKK, blacklisted as a
terrorist group by Turkey, the European Union and
the United States, took up arms for Kurdish
self-rule in the southeast.
AFP
Southeastern Turkey: North Kurdistan (
Kurdistan-Turkey)
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