Kurdish rebels kill five Turkish soldiers
ISTANBUL, Sept 2 (Reuters) - Kurdish militants killed five Turkish soldiers in two attacks in southeastern Turkey late on Friday, army officials said.
Two officers and a soldier were killed by a roadside bomb in the province of Sirnak, while two soldiers were killed in an attack on their command post in Hakkari, near the Iraqi border.
The army responded with a helicopter-backed operation along the border with Iraq.
Turkey has been urging the United States to tackle thousands of Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militants who it says are based across the border, indicating that it may otherwise send in its own troops.
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Two officers and a soldier were killed by a roadside bomb in the province of Sirnak, while two soldiers were killed in an attack on their command post in Hakkari, near the Iraqi border.
The army responded with a helicopter-backed operation along the border with Iraq.
Turkey has been urging the United States to tackle thousands of Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militants who it says are based across the border, indicating that it may otherwise send in its own troops.
Read the rest at AlterNet Reuters
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