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So many "heavy blows" and they are still holding? Who are they? The Wehrmacht?
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| Turkish soldier killed in a southeastern province One Turkish soldier was killed late on Saturday in clashes with outlawed PKK separatists in a southeastern province of Turkey, a private news agency reported. One Turkish soldier was killed late on Saturday in the clashes that took place in the Guclukonak district of the Sirnak province, the Dogan News Agency reported. Two Turkish soldiers were wounded in the clashes with the outlawed PKK separatists, it added. Operations are underway in the region to capture the outlawed separatists, the agency reported. Turkey and most of the international community, including the EU and the U.S., consider the PKK a terrorist organization. |
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| Turkish army deaths rise to 6 after PKK base attack Sat May 10, 2008 12:11pm EDT By Thomas Grove ISTANBUL, May 10 (Reuters) - Turkey's military said on Saturday the number of soldiers killed in clashes with Kurdish guerrillas following an attack by the separatist movement on an army base in the southeast region had risen to six. The attack on the gendarmerie base in Hakkari province came despite an ongoing army operation, backed by attack helicopters, warplanes, tanks and artillery against the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in the mountainous parts of southeast Turkey. The military had initially said two soldiers were killed when rebels attacked the base on Friday. Security sources said some 50 PKK guerrillas were involved in the attack. The General Staff said in a statement on Saturday that four more soldiers died when the army launched a ground and aerial counter-attack on suspected PKK positions. The General Staff said 19 rebels of the outlawed PKK were killed in those air strikes. Security sources, who declined to be named, told Reuters on Friday 20 that rebels had been killed in that operation. The PKK, considered a terrorist organisation by Turkey, the United States and the European Union, denied the losses. Amid widespread public anger over PKK attacks, Turkey has sent tens of thousands of troops to the border region. In early May dozens of Turkish F-16 warplanes have also gone on bombing raids against suspected PKK positions deep inside neighbouring northern Iraq. Turkey blames the PKK for the deaths of nearly 40,000 people, mostly Kurds, since the group began its armed campaign for an ethnic homeland in southeast Turkey in 1984. The Turkish military said several PKK commanders were also forced to flee Turkey due to the ongoing air raids. "What they have seen has begun to turn their sweet dreams into nightmares," the General Staff said in the statement. The military also raised the death toll for its May 1-2 aerial campaign against PKK hideouts in northern Iraq to 200 rebels from around 150. The PKK denied the claims. "That development has shown the PKK to be in a state of panic and has crushed their morale," the General Staff said. It was not possible to independently verify statements by either the armed forces or the PKK. (Editing by Paul Debendern and Jon Boyle) |
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| This is old news, they died a few days ago, i posted it on the reds thread on the turkish diva who died. |
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| Four Turkish soldiers injured in PKK attack in SE province www.chinaview.cn 2008-05-30 20:50:55 Print ANKARA, May 30 (Xinhua) -- Four Turkish soldiers were injured when militants of the banned Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK) attacked a gendarmery station in the country's southeastern part, the semi-official Anatolia news agency reported on Friday. The incident took place late Thursday when PKK rebels hurled hand grenades and opened fire on a military post, which was one kmaway from the gendarmery station near Bolukyazi in province of Bitlis, deputy provincial governor Harun Basibuyuk was quoted as saying. Basibuyuk said that sergeant Omer Dogan was seriously wounded in the attack and taken to Ankara Gulhane Military Hospital and other injured privates were under treatment at Tatvan Military Hospital. The PKK attack came after Turkish jets launched an air strike against the group targets based in north Iraq's Hakurk region at 11 a.m. (0800 GMT) on Thursday. The PKK, listed by Washington and Ankara as a terrorist group, took up arms against Turkey in 1984 with the aim of creating an ethnic homeland in the southeast. More than 30,000 people have been killed in the over-two-decade conflict. Editor: Jiang Yuxia |
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| Turkish security officer dies in landmine blast A Turkish security officer died in a landmine explosion during a search and sweep mission in the eastern province of Hakkari on Saturday, according to an official statement published on the General Staff web-page. Turkish security officer dies in landmine blast A Turkish security officer died in a landmine explosion during a search and sweep mission in the eastern province of Hakkari. "A security officer lost his life when he stepped on a mine in the mountainous areas of Hakkari's Yukseova town around 3 p.m. (1200GMT) on Saturday," a statement the General Staff posted on its web-page said. Another security officer was wounded in the explosion. The General Staff confirmed the search and sweep mission in the region is still continuing. The outlawed PKK frequently uses landmines to target Turkey's security forces. Turkey and most of the international community, including the EU and the U.S., consider the PKK a terrorist organization. |
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