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Saturday, October 22, 2011

Report: 32 Kurdish rebels killed in Turkey - Boston.com

Report: 32 Kurdish rebels killed in Turkey
By Suzan Fraser
Associated Press / October 22, 2011

ANKARA, Turkey—Turkish troops killed 32 Kurdish rebels in a valley near the Iraqi border, state-run television reported Saturday, as hundreds of troops also pursued Kurdish fighters within northern Iraq.

The rebels were killed in clashes in the Kazan Valley region, near the town of Cukurca, in Turkey's Hakkari province that borders Iraq, TRT television reported, citing unnamed regional officials. There was no immediate confirmation of the deaths from the rebels.

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