Tuesday, August 29, 2006

Turkey sharpens response to upsurge in Kurd violence | csmonitor.com

"Turkey sharpens response to upsurge in Kurd violence
The banned PKK is accused of bombings throughout Turkey, prompting Turkey and Iran to shell camps on Iraq's border.
By Yigal Schleifer | Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor
ISTANBUL, TURKEY – Turkey is marshaling forces along its border with Iraq as diplomatic efforts have done little to curb a separatist Kurdish group using bases in Iraq to launch attacks against Turkish forces.

The Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) has also been accused of being behind several bombings throughout Turkey. Monday two people died and at least seven others were injured in a blast in Turkey's Mediterranean city Antalya. It came hours after three bombs went off in the resort town of Marmaris injuring 21 and another blast Sunday in Istanbul that injured six people."

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