Sunday, October 23, 2011

Turkey's Campaign Against Kurdish Rebels Continues



Turkish Military: 49 Rebels Killed In Fighting In Southeast -- Washington Post/AP

ANKARA, Turkey — Turkish troops have killed at least 49 Kurdish rebels in a valley near the Iraqi border, the military said Saturday, as hundreds of troops also pursued Kurdish fighters within northern Iraq.

The rebels were killed in offensives in the past two days in the Kazan Valley region, near the town of Cukurca that borders Iraq, the military said in a statement posted on its website. There was no confirmation of the deaths from the rebel group.

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More News On The Turkish - Kurdish Conflict

Turkish forces 'kill 49 Kurdish rebels' -- BBC
Turkey Says 49 Kurdish Rebels Dead -- Voice of America
Provoked by a New Attack, Turkey Takes the Fight to Kurdish Separatists -- Time
Turkey orders 22 battalions into battle against Kurdish rebels in Iraq -- National Post
Turkey and Iran 'collaborating against Kurdish rebels' -- BBC
Turkey's Kurds long for "Kurdish Spring" -- Reuters

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