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Five killed in fighting in southeast Turkey
3.6.2006
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DIYARBAKIR,
Kurdistan-Turkey, June 2, 2006, -- A Turkish soldier
and four armed Kurdish rebels were killed in clashes
in the country's mainly Kurdish southeast, local
officials said Friday.
Fighting erupted during security operations in rural
areas of the Cudi and Gabar mountains, as well as
the Bestler-Dereler region in Sirnak province, which
borders Iraq and Syria, the Sirnak governor's office
said in a statement.
Clashes between the army and rebels from the
Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) 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.
According to Kuwait News Agency The Turkish army has
deployed additional troops on the Iraqi border and
bombed a village in Kurdistan injuring one person.
A source from the Zakhu region said the recent
deployment of Turkish reserve troops aims to chase
elements from Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK)
stationed in mountains between Turkey and Iraq.
The source added that some areas in the region have
been bombarded by the Turkish military several times
before.
Residents of the border village of La'wi Keizi have
been asked to leave their homes, the source added.
AFP | KUNA
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