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| Turkey: Five soldiers and five rebels killed in clashes says army |
| 2008-10-17 |
| (AKI) Four Turkish soldiers were killed in clashes with Kurdistan Workers Party or PKK rebels in the southeastern province of Hakkari on Wednesday and another soldier was killed when a military helicopter crashed, said an army statement, quoted by Turkish daily Hurriyet's website. Another soldier was killed and 15 others were slightly wounded, including a brigade general, when a helicopter bringing reinforcements to the combat zone crashed due to a technical fault, the army statement said. The five PKK rebels were killed in operations in two separate provinces near the Iraqi border - Hakkari and Sirnak - the army said. Eighteen PKK militants were killed in military operations carried out in the region after the clashes, Hurriyet reported. Turkey, a NATO member has staged almost daily artillery operations and airstrikes against PKK rebels in southeastern Turkey and northern Iraq since a PKK attack killed 17 soldiers earlier this month, the worst attack on the military in over a year. PKK rebels have stepped up their deadly attacks against Turkish security forces in recent weeks. |
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