Posted by Iranain on November 2, 2007, 2:46 am, in reply to "Kurds Give Turks Das Boot Pt. 2"
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Everyone has given the Turks the boot. Whats happening and how is school going?
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: Border of Turkey, Iraq, Iran
: The attack occurred just after
: midnight, during a military
: offensive against rebels near the
: Turkish village of Daglica, in
: Hakkari province, where the borders
: of Turkey, Iraq and Iran meet.
: Hakkari is east of neighboring
: Sirnak province, another area of
: conflict between the PKK and the
: Turkish military.
:
: “A large PKK group that infiltrated
: across our borders launched a
: three-pronged attack on an infantry
: company near the town of Daglica,
: and in the ensuing clash 12 soldiers
: were martyred and 16 soldiers were
: wounded,” the military said in a
: statement. Clashes were under way
: south of the area where the soldiers
: were ambushed, the military said.
: There were no reports that troops
: had crossed into Iraq.
:
: Abdul-Rahman al-Chadrchi, a PKK
: spokesman in northern Iraq, denied
: there were any rebel casualties.
:
: Journalists heading to the area by
: road were turned away at a military
: checkpoint. Much of the rural area
: along the border has already been
: declared off-limits by the Turkish
: military.
:
: Some 15 Turkish shells hit Iraqi
: territory starting at about 7 a.m.
: Sunday, said Col. Hussein Rashid of
: the Iraqi border guard forces. The
: bombardment was concentrated in the
: Mateen mountain range in the
: Amadiyah area, 20 miles from the
: border.
:
: Rashid said the villages were
: deserted because of the border
: tension.
:
: The Iraqi region of Amadiyah is
: roughly opposite the Turkish town of
: Cukurca, in Hakkari province. Rebels
: are active near Cukurca, about 30
: miles from the location where the
: soldiers died Sunday.
:
: On Saturday, Erdogan said Turkey
: expected the United States to take
: action against the PKK but would
: take its own measures if it saw no
: results in the fight.
:
: The U.S. lists the PKK as a
: terrorist organization and has
: condemned its attacks in Turkey.
: However, Washington has called on
: the Turkish government to work with
: the Iraqis.
:
: Rebels periodically cross the border
: to stage attacks in their war for
: autonomy for Turkey’s predominantly
: Kurdish southeast. More than 30,000
: people have died in the conflict
: that began in 1984.
:
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