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Wednesday, August 30, 2006

People's Daily Online -- Police seizes 74 kgs of explosives in southeastern Turkey

"Police seizes 74 kgs of explosives in southeastern Turkey

Turkish police seized 74 kgs of C-4 explosives and 15 rocket launchers in an operation in the southeastern province of Sirnak, the semi-official Anatolia news agency reported on Tuesday.

The explosives and rocket launchers were believed to have been brought to Turkey from northern Iraq by members of the outlawed Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK), the local governor's office said in a statement."

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