Friday, October 17, 2008

Turkish military says 35 PKK rebels believed killed - swissinfo

"Turkish military says 35 PKK rebels believed killed

ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey's military said on Friday some 35 Kurdish separatist rebels were believed to have been killed amid a recent upsurge in clashes in the country's southeast, but it had yet to confirm this information.

The military told reporters they had picked up communication between Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) rebels where they referred to some 35 deaths of their members in clashes this week on Cudi mountain in Sirnak, near the border with Iraq."

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