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Kurdish rebels killed six Turkish soldiers
in three attacks 2.9.2006
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DIYARBAKIR,
Kurdistan-Turkey, September 2, 2006 ,-- Six Turkish
soldiers were killed and two wounded in three
separate attacks by rebel Kurdish separatists in the
east and southeast of Turkey, local security sources
said Saturday.
They said rebels from the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK)
late Friday attacked a police post near the town of
Cukurca, near the Iraqi border, killing two soldiers
and wounding two others.
In another incident early Saturday three soldiers,
including an officer, died when rebels detonated a
landmine near a police post outside of the town of
Guclukonak, near the Syrian border, the sources
said.
A sixth soldier was shot dead Saturday while
patrolling near Saray close to the Iranian border.
He was killed by shots that came from over the
border in Iran, the local governor said, cited by
the Anatolia news agency.
Ankara, the European Union and the United States all
classify the PKK as a terrorist organisation.
Clashes between security forces and PKK rebels have
intensified this year with at least 98 rebels and 72
soldiers killed, according to an AFP count.
More than 37,000 lives have been lost in the Kurdish
insurrection which began in 1984 with Kurdish
demands for independence for the southeastern and
heavily Kurdish Anatolia region.
AFP
The use of the term "Kurdistan" is vigorously
rejected due to its alleged political implications
by the Republic of Turkey, which does not recognize
the existence of a "Turkish Kurdistan".
Others estimate as many as 40 million Kurds live in
Big Kurdistan (Iraq, Turkey, Syria, Iran, Armenia),
which covers an area as big as France, about half of
all Kurds which estimate to 20 million live in
Turkey
The Kurdish flag flown in Iraqi Kurdistan but
unofficially flown by Kurds in Armenia. The flag is
banned in Iran, Syria, and Turkey where flying it is
a criminal offence"
Southeastern Turkey:
North Kurdistan (
Kurdistan-Turkey) wikipedia
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