Turkish troops killed three Kurdish rebels Friday in a clash in southeastern Turkey, which also left nine soldiers wounded. The clash in the southeastern province of Siirt came two weeks after rebels of the PKK or Kurdistan Workers Party rejected a government amnesty that grants reduced prison terms to rebels who have engaged in violence, but only if they provided security officers with information on the group. The clash took place between the southeastern cities of Siirt and Batman north of the Syrian and Iraqi borders. The outlawed PKK, which now calls itself KADEK, declared a unilateral cease-fire in 1999, but has threatened to end the truce if the government does not accept the cease-fire by Sept. 1. The government has rejected the cease-fire and refuses any contact with the group.
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