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| 2 Turk soldiers die in battles with Kurd kommies |
| 2015-12-06 |
| ARA News CIZRE – At least three Turkish security forces were killed and several more wounded in clashes with rebels of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in Turkey’s Kurdish southeast, officials said on Saturday. Two Turkish soldiers were killed and three others wounded when PKK rebels opened fire on their vehicle in the southeastern Kurdish town of Cizre near the Syrian border, according to army officials. This coincided with a security operation by the Turkish troops in Cizre under the pretext of pursuing PKK affiliates in the town. Also on Saturday, a Turkish police officer was killed and another wounded during clashes with PKK fighters in the Kurdish city of Diyarbakir, southeast Turkey. The Turkish authorities have imposed a curfew on major towns and villages in the Kurdish provinces of Diyarbakir and Şırnak subsequent to clashes with the PKK rebels. Violence resumed between Turkey and the Kurdish fighters of the PKK last July, breaking a two-year ceasefire between the conflicting sides that has been reached after negotiations between the Turkish government and the imprisoned PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan. The PKK-Turkey conflict has claimed lives of more than 40,000 people over three decades. Reporting by: Eyaz Ciziri |
| Posted by:badanov |
| #10 ..considering the leadership position for thousands of years required a military leader to keep the neighbors at bay, it was a skill requirement for the top job. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2015-12-06 18:32 |
| #9 Collectivism is no go for anyone (unless you're a xeno evolved from social insects). Military dictatorship is, probably, the most common form of human government |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2015-12-06 13:05 |
| #8 Dunno. Both seem to like having authoritarians in charge. Kemalism was contained to Turkey and and thus a lot less lethal to the world. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2015-12-06 12:20 |
| #7 Because both totally inappropriate to the subject populations? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2015-12-06 11:09 |
| #6 Didn't work, did it? Lasted longer than the |
| Posted by: Pappy 2015-12-06 11:01 |
| #5 He died on November 10, 1938, from cirrhosis of the liver. Poor bugger. I can't imagine what might have brought that on, client population, etc. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2015-12-06 10:52 |
| #4 I think this fellow would have disagreed. Didn't work, did it? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2015-12-06 10:51 |
| #3 Pappy, two thumbs up. |
| Posted by: Sven the pelter 2015-12-06 10:48 |
| #2 I think this fellow would have disagreed. But then, history just doesn't seem to be some folks' 'thing'. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2015-12-06 10:15 |
| #1 To the writer: communism is the closest thing to freedom Mo will ever see. |
| Posted by: Shomoting Protector of the Veps4545 2015-12-06 01:31 |