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Five Turkish Soldiers Killed by Mine Blast
14.7.2006
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ANKARA (Reuters)
- Five Turkish soldiers were killed in a mine blast
in eastern Turkey's Bitlis province and four other
were wounded, the state Anatolian news agency said
on Thursday.
The soldiers were in a military vehicle when a mine
exploded on a road.
Mines placed by the separatist Kurdistan Workers'
Party (PKK) have killed and injured many Turkish
soldiers and civilians since 1984, when the PKK
began an armed campaign to carve out an ethnic
homeland from Turkey's southeast.
More than 30,000 people have died in fighting
between the Turkish military and the PKK.
Clashes have intensified since April when the
Turkish military sent an additional 40,000 troops to
its Iraqi border from where they believe guerrillas
cross in Turkey.
The PKK is considered a terrorist organization by
the European Union and the United States.
Reuters
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