Turkey Deploys Thousands in Pursuit of Kurdish Rebels
By SEBNEM ARSU
Published: October 20, 2011
ISTANBUL — Turkey’s offensive against Kurdish militants this week is one of its largest military operations in years, with 10,000 troops backed by warplanes pursuing rebels in southeastern Turkey and northern Iraq, the Turkish Army said on Thursday.
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