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Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Turkey: 18 killed in fighting between the army and the PKK

The battle took place near the border with Iraq At least eight soldiers and tens of Kurdish rebels were killed. When fighting between Turkish soldiers and Kurdish rebels, according to security sources on Tuesday 18 people were killed. PKK fighters were in three simultaneous attacks on military outposts in the southeast of the country killed eight soldiers and 16 wounded, it said. The governor of the province of Hakkari told, in subsequent battles were ten PKK members were killed. The fighting took place near the border with Iraq, where Kurds hold thousands radical holed up in the mountains. The PKK is considered by the United States and the European Union as a terrorist organization. They fought since 1984 against the Turkish state. The conflict killed about 45,000 people so far.

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