Turkish Counter-attack Leaves 17 Dead

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Kurdish report: Turkish military shells border area in northern Iraq

The Associated Press
Published: June 3, 2007

ANKARA, Turkey — Turkish troops shelled a border area in northern Iraq early Sunday in an attack on Kurdish rebels based there, a pro-Kurdish news agency reported. The report could not immediately be confirmed.

Citing the Kurdish rebel group PKK, the Belgium-based Firat news agency said Turkish artillery targeted the Hakurk area in northern Iraq and that no casualties were reported. Firat did not name its source in the rebel movement.

Turkish authorities, who have called the Firat agency a mouthpiece of the PKK, were not immediately available to comment.

Kurdish guerrillas have long had camps in the Hakurk area, 15 kilometers (9 miles) from the Turkish border.

Turkish troops have occasionally launched brief raids in pursuit of guerrillas in northern Iraq, and have sometimes shelled suspected rebel positions across the border. Turkish authorities rarely acknowledge such military operations, which were more frequent before the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in 2003.

Turkey has been building up its military forces on the Iraqi border in recent weeks, amid debate among political and military leaders about whether to attack separatist rebels of the Kurdistan Workers' Party, known by its Kurdish acronym PKK. The rebels stage raids in southeast Turkey after crossing over from hideouts in Iraq.

http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/06/03/...rthern-Iraq.php

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May all those persons on both sides rest in Peace!
WAR IS UGLY!

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Kurdish rebels attack Turkish military outpost

By Selcan Hacaoglu, Associated Press Writer
Published: 05 June 2007

Kurdish rebels fired rockets and grenades at a Turkish military outpost yesterday, killing 7 soldiers in a bold attack that heightened tension at a time when Ankara has threatened military action against Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq.

The army sent helicopter gunships and reinforcements to Tunceli province in southeastern Turkey after guerrillas rammed a vehicle into the military post and opened fire with automatic weapons and rockets, local media reported.

Soldiers returned fire, killing the vehicle driver, the military said.

The attack came as Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul told European Union officials visiting Ankara that "we have every right to take measures against terrorist activities directed at us from northern Iraq."

Turkey's political and military leaders have been debating whether to stage an incursion into northern Iraq to try to root out Kurdish rebel bases there.

However, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, whose country holds the EU presidency, said he "did not get the impression that Turkey would stage an incursion."

On Monday, a pro-Kurdish news agency reported that Turkish troops shelled a border area in northern Iraq for a second day in an attack on Kurdish rebels based there.

Abdul-Rahman al-Chadarchi, a spokesman for the Kurdish rebel group PKK, told The Associated Press by telephone that there had been artillery shelling from Turkey into Iraqi territory at dawn, and that there had been simultaneous shelling from the Turkish and Iranian sides on Sunday night.

"There were no casualties. Most of the shells landed in empty areas, valleys and farms. Turkish helicopters are conducting surveillance flights over Iraqi border lands," al-Chadarchi said.

The report could not immediately be confirmed.

The leader of the autonomous Kurdish region in northern Iraq, Massoud Barzani, confirmed shelling by Turkish troops on Kurdish areas early Sunday but said there was no Turkish incursion.

On Monday, the Belgium-based Firat news agency, citing Iraqi Kurdish sources, said Turkish artillery again targeted an area close to the border town of Zakho. On Sunday, the agency said the troops shelled the Hakurk area, further east.

Turkish authorities, who have called the Firat agency a mouthpiece of the main Kurdish rebel group, the PKK, were not immediately available to comment.

Kurdish guerrillas have long had camps in the Hakurk area, 15 kilometers (nine miles) from the Turkish border.

Turkish troops have occasionally launched brief raids in pursuit of guerrillas in northern Iraq, and have sometimes shelled suspected rebel positions across the border. Turkish authorities rarely acknowledge such military operations, which were more frequent before the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in 2003.

Turkey has been building up its military forces on the Iraqi border in recent weeks, amid debate over whether to launch a cross border offensive to attack separatist rebels of the Kurdistan Workers' Party, known by its Kurdish acronym, PKK. The rebels stage raids in southeast Turkey after crossing over from hide-outs in Iraq and have escalated bomb attacks in the west of the country.

Police on Monday arrested a suspected PKK rebel who allegedly staged last month's market bombing in the Aegean port city of Izmir that killed one person and injured 15 others.

http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/article2614552.ece

There are reports of a cobra helicopter being hit by a Kurdish rocket and having to make a forced landing.

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QUOTE (Alepou 340MB @ June 05, 2007 03:11 am)

urdish rebels fired rockets and grenades at a Turkish military outpost yesterday, killing 7 soldiers

according to Reuters, the number of the gendarmerie dogs that died is up to 8 right now

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L04629165.htm

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07.06.2007-TURKEY /SIRNAK
Cihan News Agency-National

Mine blasts injure 6 soldiers, kill two civilians near Iraqi border

Six Turkish soldiers were injured and two civilians were killed in mine blasts in the southeastern Turkish province of Sirnak near the Iraqi border on Wednesday.

Two villagers lost their lives after they stepped on mines in the Beytussebap district of Sirnak.

In the neighboring district of Uludere, six Turkish troops were wounded when a landmine, which was thought to be planted by members of the outlawed PKK, went off.

Elsewhere, another Turkish soldier was slightly injured when the members of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) opened fire on a gendarmerie station in the eastern city of Bingol. A PKK terrorist was also killed in a clash with Turkish security forces.

http://www.cihannews.com/

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2 terörist teslim oldu, 1 terörist yakalandı
2 teröristin Çukurca ve Şemdinli'de güvenlik güçlerine teslim olduğu, Adana'da bir teröristin yakalandığı bildirildi

07.06.2007 22:38

Terör örgütünden kaçan 2 teröristin Çukurca ve Şemdinli'de güvenlik güçlerine teslim olduğu, Adana'da bir teröristin yakalandığı bildirildi.

Genelkurmay Başkanlığının internet sitesinde yer alan duyuruda, terör örgütünden kaçan iki teröristin Hakkari'nin Çukurca ve Şemdinli ilçelerinde dün güvenlik güçlerine teslim olduğu belirtildi.

Duyuruda, bir teröristin ise Adana'nın Yüreğir ilçesi Doğankent beldesinde güvenlik güçleri tarafından dün yakalanarak adli makamlara teslim edildiği kaydedildi.

Güvenlik güçleri dün Şırnak'ın dağlık arazi kesiminde terör örgütünün kullandığı sekiz ayrı sığınak içerisinde çok miktarda yaşam malzemesi ele geçirerek imha etti.

Van'ın Çatak ilçesi dağlık arazi kesiminde de bir sığınak içerisinde tuzaklanmış bir adet el bombası ve çok miktarda muhtelif yaşam malzemesi bulunarak imha edildiği bildirildi.

two terrorists have surrendered to security forces in sirnak and one has been killed.

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08.06.2007-TURKEY /SIIRT
Cihan News Agency-National

Four soldiers killed, five injured in mine trap blast in SE Turkey

Four soldiers were killed and five were injured Friday in southeastern Turkish province of Siirt when a mine planted by Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) terrorists was detonated.

The mine trap was planted on Siirt- Sirvan highway and the terrorist activated the remote-controlled mechanism just as the military vehicle was passing by.

The bodies of the soldiers will be sent to their hometowns following the military ceremony in Siirt.

This attack is the second this week and seems to be a reaction of the terrorists to the increased activity of Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) in the region.

On Monday, seven Turkish soldiers were killed by a suicide bombing of a gendarmerie station in eastern Turkey when a member of the outlawed PKK reportedly drove a vehicle into the station, located in the Pulumur district of Tunceli, and hurled hand grenades into the building before detonating explosives around his chest.

The PKK terrorist who attacked the station was killed in the attack, while another assailant was wounded but managed to escape.

Following this incident, the Turkish army launched one of the largest military offensives in the past few years against the PKK terrorists in the eastern and southeastern parts of the country on Wednesday.

The operation, involving about 50,000 troops and backed by armored vehicles and combat aircrafts, is targeting the PKK terrorists in 11 provinces in southeastern Turkey and near Iraqi border.

Terrorist activities across Turkey have experienced a resurgence following the ending of the unilateral cease-fire of the PKK terror organization. Over 250 Turkish security force personnel have now been killed in PKK attacks since June 2004.

The PKK has blacklisted as a terrorist organization by the US, the EU, Britain, Australia, Canada and much of the international community, and has claimed the lives of more than 35,000 people in Turkey since between 1984 and 1999, when its leader, Abdullah Ocalan, was captured.

http://www.cihannews.com/

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Turkish soldier killed in clash with Kurd rebels

11 Jun 2007 09:54:57 GMT
Source: Reuters

DIYARBAKIR, Turkey, June 11 (Reuters) - A Turkish soldier was killed by Kurdish guerrillas on Monday, marking the la-*test*-('") escalation of violence that has already prompted speculation Ankara may launch an anti-rebel operation into northern Iraq.

The paramilitary police corporal was killed and another paramilitary was wounded in a clash with Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) rebels in the eastern province of Erzincan.

"In the operation one gendarme corporal was martyred," one security official said.
The army has responded to the death by launching a large operation against the rebels, officials said.

Ankara has sent tens of thousands of soldiers to fight rebels in the mainly Kurdish southeast and east, while the head of the armed forces has called for an operation in northern Iraq to deal with rebels based there.

The government has said it agrees with the army but has taken no steps to get parliament to approve such a move. Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul was quoted as saying on Monday that every option was being considered.

"Everything that will give a result is among the options," Gul was quoted as saying in popular newspaper Hurriyet.

The death toll of Turkish soldiers has risen sharply in recent weeks: last Monday seven paramilitaries were killed when rebels attacked their headquarters, four more soldiers were killed on Thursday and three on Saturday.

Gul, whose government faces elections next month, reiterated there was no disagreement with the army over security issues and Iraq.

The United States, Turkey's NATO ally, opposes any major operation in relatively stable northern Iraq.

But on Friday Turkey's powerful and respected armed forces said they would respond to attacks from the PKK, which is blamed for the deaths of more than 30,000 people since the start of its campaign in 1984.

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L1161016.htm

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11.06.2007-TURKEY /SIRNAK Cihan News Agency-National

Three soldiers and one village guard killed in clashes with PKK in SE Turkey

Three Turkish soldiers were killed in a landmine blast and a village guard was killed in a conflict during an ongoing Turkish military operation against the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) terrorists in southeastern Turkey.

A a lieutenant colonel, a major and a private were killed in the southeastern Turkish province of Sirnak late on Saturday when a remote-controlled mine detonated by PKK terrorists. A village guard was also killed on Saturday during clashes with the PKK in the southeastern Turkish province of Diyarbakir.

Elsewhere, a Turkish military patrol was attacked in the central eastern Turkish province of Erzincan, but no casualties were reported.

Recent terrorist activities have included laying of landmines, as well as the more recent use of suicide bombings and other attacks borrowed from the insurgency in Iraq.

More than 35,000 people have been killed in the conflict in southeastern Turkey, which began when the PKK began struggling in 1984 for the cause of a seperatist ethnic homeland in southeastern Turkey.

11.06.2007- /ERZINCAN Cihan News Agency-National

Two more Turkish troops killed in PKK attacks

Two more Turkish soldiers were killed in attacks by PKK terrorists in southeastern and eastern Turkey, just before three Turkish troops, who were killed at the weekend, were buried.

A gendarmerie commando was killed during a clash with the members of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in the province of Sirnak, near Iraqi border.

A corporal who was seriously wounded in another clash with the PKK terrorists, succumbed to his injuries at the hospital where he was taken.

Four PKK members were killed during the anti-terror operations in southeastern Turkish province of Diyarbakir over the weekend.

Blacklisted as a terrorist organization by the US, the European Union, Britain and much of the international community, the PKK have intensified its attacks on the Turkish military in recent weeks.

More than 35,000 people have been killed in the conflicts since 1984, when the PKK began struggling for the cause of a separatist ethnic homeland in southeastern Turkey.

In June alone, 15 Turkish soldiers were killed by PKK terrorists, mostly during clashes in southeastern Turkey or by mine blasts.

http://www.cihannews.com/

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Kurdish rebels kill three Turkish troops

June 14, 2007 - 6:49AM

Kurdish guerrillas have killed a Turkish army officer and injured two other soldiers in a roadside bomb attack in Turkey, the local governor's office says.

The attack near the town of Yuksekova in Hakkari province, bordering Iraq and Iran, came a day after the Kurdish separatist group PKK declared a "unilateral ceasefire" in attacks against Turkey. The rebel group, however, on insisted on the right to defend itself.

Turkey ignored the rebel statement.

The rebels detonated a remote-controlled plastic bomb as the troops patrolled the area near the town of Yuksekova, the governor's office said.

The Turkish military has intensified anti-rebel operations against the guerrillas in the country's southeast, on the border with Iraq.

Soldiers were seen manning several checkpoints as part of security measures on the road between the towns of Cizre and Sirnak, close to the Iraqi border.

The rebels have been fighting more than two decades for autonomy in Turkey.

© 2007 AP DIGITAL

http://www.theage.com.au/news/World/Kurdis...1414410229.html

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15.06.2007- /DIYARBAKIR Cihan News Agency-National

Six injured in bomb blast in south-east Turkey

Six people, including a soldier, were injured in an explosion in the southeastern Turkish city of Diyarbakir on Friday morning.

The blast occurred on the city's busiest street at 7.35 a.m. when a bomb exploded at a bus-stop used by military and civilian buses.

The police launched an operation in the city after the blast, and bomb experts tried to find out what kind of bomb had caused it. The street was closed to traffic.

Witnesses said they saw a bag on the back of a bicycle, which is suspected to have been full of explosives.

http://www.cihannews.com/

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19.06.2007-TURKEY /GUMUSHANE

Cihan News Agency-National

Soldier killed, 9 injured in clashes with PKK

A Turkish soldier was killed and another was injured during a clash with the members of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) during a clash in northeastern Turkish province of Gumushane.

PKK terrorists opened fire on Turkish security forces on their way back to the barracks in rural areas of the city on Tuesday morning, Gumushane Governor Enver Salihoglu told reporters.

Two soldiers were wounded in the ensuing gun-fire and one of them later succumbed to his injuries at a hospital he was taken to.

Nine Turkish troops were injured during ongoing clashes with the terrorist organization, mainly concentrated in southern and eastern Turkey.

http://www.cihannews.com/

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Yiğidim, aslanım, böyle yatıyor
19 Haziran 2007
Recep DEMİRCİ/ERZİNCAN, (DHA)
Erzincan'da teröristlerin açtığı ateş sonucu komutanı vurulan mehmetçik, hastane koridorunda gözyaşlarını tutamadı. Daha sonra kıstırılan teröristlerden 3'ü ölü, ikisi sağ olarak ele geçirildi.

Olayla ilgili ayrıntılı fotoğraflar için tıklayınız

Erzincan kent merkezine 3 kilometre uzaklıkta karayolunda önlem alan güvenlik güçleri, dur ihtarına uymayan kamyonetteki teröristlerin silahlı saldırısına uğradı. Açılan ilk ateş sonucu 2 astsubay ile 3 er yaralandı. Yaralı askerlerin hastaneye kaldırılmasının hemen ardından kahraman menhmetçiklerden biri gözyaşlarına hakim olamadı. Saldırıdan sonra aracı terkedip yaya olarak ağaçlıklı alana kaçan ve 10 kişi oldukları sanılan teröristlerin peşini bırakmayan diğer güvenlik görevlileri, 3 kişiyi ölü, iki kişiyi de sağ olarak ele geçirdi.

Erzincan Merkeze bağlı Kılıçkaya Köyü yakınlarında 27 plakalı bir kamyonda şüpheli kişileri gören köylüler, durumu güvenlik güçlerine bildirdi. İhbar üzerine harekete geçen güvenlik güçleri saat 22.30 sıralarında merkeze 3 kilometre uzaklıktaki Köprübaşı Mevkii'nde şüpheli aracı durdurmak istedi. Dur ihtarına uymayan aracın içinde ve üstünde bulunan teröristler, av tüfeği ve otomatik silahlarla askere ateş açtı. Açılan ilk ateş sırasında 2 astsubay ile 3 er yaralandı. Askerlerin de ateş açması sonucu 1'i yaralı 2 terörist yakalandı. 10 terörist ise kamyonu terkederek ağaçlıklı alana yaya olarak kaçtı.

YARALILARIN DURUMLARI İYİ

Yaralılar Ercincan Devlet Hastanesi'nde kaldırılırken, kaçan teröristlerin yakalanması için bölgede özel harekat timlerinin de katıldığı geniş çaplı operasyon başlatıldı. Tedvi altına alınan askerlerden 1'inin av tüfeğinden çıkan saçmalarla yaralandığı bildirildi.
Saldırıdan sonra seçim bölgesi nedeniyle Erzincan'da bulunan Ulaştırma eski Bakanı Binali Yıldırım ile Erzincan Valisi Ali Güngör, hastaneye gelerek yaralı askerlerin sağlık durumu hakkında doktorleardan bilgi aldı. Yıldırım, yaralıların sağlık durumlarının iyi olduğunu ve bölgede geniş çaplı operasyonun başlatıldığını bildirdi.
Erzincan Valisi Ali Güngör ise güvenlik güçlerinin dur ihtarı üzerine şüpheli kamyonun içinden ve üzerinden av tüfeği ve otomatik silahlarla ateş açıldığını bildirdi. Teröristlerden bazılarının kaçarken terkettikleri kamyonda silahlarını da bıraktıklarını belirten Vali Güler, “Ağaçlıklı alana kaçtılar. Birlikler çevreyi kuşattı.

3 TERÖRİST ÖLDÜRÜLDÜ

Erzincan Valisi Ali Güngör, yaptığı açıklamada, Çağlayan Beldesi kırsalında devriye görevi yapan askerlere teröristlerce silahlı saldırı düzenlenmesinin ardından bölgede başlatılan operasyonun sürdüğünü söyledi.
Operasyonda 1'i yaralı 2 teröristin yakalandığını, 3 teröristin de ölü ele geçirildiğini ifade eden Vali Güngör, “Bölgede operasyonlar devam ediyor. Kaçan diğer teröristlerin yakalanması için gereken yapılacaktır” diye konuştu.
Vali Güngör, Çağlayan Beldesi kırsalında, dün gece saat 22.30 sıralarında teröristlerce düzenlenen saldırıda yaralanan 4 askerin sağlık durumunun iyi olduğunu belirtti.

HASTANEDEKİ TERÖRİSTE LİNÇ GİRİŞİMİ

Bir kamyonetle girmek istedikleri Erzincan’da güvenlik güçleri ile girdikleri çatışmada yaralı olarak ele geçirilen PKK’lı terörist, tedavi gördüğü 13 Şubat Devlet Hastanesi'nde bir gurup vatandaş tarafından linç edilmek istendi. Hastaneden güvenlik güçlerince ambulansa bindirilip götürülmek istenen teröriste saldıran grubu polis havaya ateş açarak engellemeye çalıştı. Yüzü kanlar içinde kalan teröristin konulduğu ambulansa da saldırıp camlarını kıran grup, güvenlik güçleriyle tartıştı. Polis kalabalıktan 2 kişiyi gözaltına aldı.

PKK’lı teröristin yaralı olarak kaldırıldığı 13 Şubat Devlet Hastanesi'nin acil servisi, bugün saat 15.00 sıralarında kalabalık bir grup tarafından basıldı. Hastaneye girmek isteyen öfkeli kalabalık, teröristin kendilerine teslim edilmesini istedi. ‘Ya Allah bismillah Allahu ekber’ diye slogan atan öfkeli kalabalığa güvenlik güçleri engel oldu. Çevik Kuvvet’in hastane çevresinde önlem alması üzerine, ayağından yaralı terörist sedye ile hastaneden çıkarıldı ve ambulansa götürülmeye çalışıldı. Bu sırada güvenlik çemberini yaran öfkeli vatandaşlar teröriste saldırdı. Polis, bu sırada kalabalığı dağıtmak için havaya ateş açtı. Yüzü kanlar içinde kalan terörist, grubun bir anlık duraklamasından yararlanılarak ambulansa konuldu. Bu kez de 25- 30 kişi ambulansa saldırdı ve camlarını kırdı. Ancak, 112 Acil Servise ait ambaluns hızla hastaneden uzaklaştı. Kamyoneti kullandığı belirtilen teröristin, rapor ve tedavi için Erzurum Numune Hastanesi’ne götürüldüğü bildirildi.

Linç girişiminden sonra öfkeli vatandaşlar, güvenlik kuvvetleri ile tartıştı. Öfkelerini yenemeyen vatandaşların ağladığı gözlendi. Polis, olayla ilgili olarak 2 kişiyi gözaltına aldı.

Alepou, why do you never post the number of terrorist killed but just the turkish soldiers? Today 3 were killed, and 2 were captured alive.