(PKK) Rebels kill 5 Turkish soldiers

[Barrett808]

Ankara (Turkey), Sept. 2: Separatist Kurdish militants attacked two military outposts along the Iraqi border in southeastern Turkey, killing five Turkish soldiers and wounding two others, local authorities said on Saturday.

The militants detonated a remote controlled bomb planted near an outpost in the town of Guclukonak, Sirnak province, killing a lieutenant, a reserve officer and a private. In another overnight attack, the militants attacked an outpost in the town of Cukurca, Hakkari province, further east, killing two soldiers and wounding two others.

The militants belonging to the Kurdistan Workers Party or PKK have stepped up their attacks recently both in the southeast and in the west of the country.

Earlier this week, a Kurdish militant group believed to be linked to the PKK claimed a wave of bombings in tourist resorts and in Istanbul that left three people dead and dozens injured, including 10 Britons and several other tourists. Turkey has been pressuring the United States and Iraq to wipe out rebel hideouts in neighbouring Iraq. More than 37,000 people have died since the militants took up arms for autonomy.

http://www.asianage.com/main.asp?layout=2&cat1=3&cat2=79&newsid=244628&RF=DefaultMain

[CollegeDUer]

1. Turkey had better not pull an Israel

WW3 here we come if that happens.

[bronxiteforever]

2. Turkish invasion of Iraq just around the corner-mission

super duper accomplished!

[bemildred]

3. Aw great. They want to pick a fight. nt