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Twelve dead in clashes in Turkeys southeast
 DIYARBAKIR, Turkey - Ten separatist Kurdish guerrillas and two Turkish soldiers were killed in clashes in southeastern Turkey, army sources said on Saturday. One Turkish soldier was also wounded in the clashes, which have been going on in southeastern Sirnak province for the last three days near the border with Iraq.Army sources said more militants of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), based in northern Iraq, were trying to cross the border and that the army has reinforced its positions there. Posted by: Steve White 2007-08-26 |
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