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Iranian forces kill at least two militants near Iraqi border
(Xinhua) -- Iranian security forces have killed at least two militants in the northwestern city of Piranshahr near the Iraqi border, Iran's English-language Press TV satellite channel reported on Friday. The clash took place after a six-member group of insurgents attempted to infiltrate the Iranian territory from the Iraqi border though Piranshahr highlands, said Colonel Shahnam Rezaei, head of the West Azarbaijan's provincial police information center. Two militants were killed and three others wounded in the fighting, he said, adding that the militants had planned to carry out acts of sabotage inside the Islamic Republic. West Azerbaijan province has been the scene of regular armed clashes between Iranian security forces and Kurdish militant parties, in particular the Party of Free Life of Kurdistan (PJAK), an anti-Iranian Kurdish group linked to Turkey's outlawed Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK). Last week, at least 12 militants were killed by Iranian security forces in Piranshahr after some 40 insurgents infiltrated Iranian territory from the Iraqi border. Posted by: Fred 2008-06-14 |
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