Ten Kurdish rebels killed in Turkey

Turkish security forces have killed ten Kurdish rebels in clashes in the southeast of the country, near the border with Iraq. According to state television reports, the security forces were backed by warplanes and helicopters when they attacked a group of rebels in the Sirnak province. Ten Kurdish rebels killed in Turkey Four soldiers were wounded, said the television. Security measures have been heightened in Turkey as members of the banned Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) are increasing their attacks ahead of the anniversary of the arrest of their former leader Abdullah Ocalan. He was captured in 1999 in Kenya, in cooperation with the CIA and the Mossad, and was in the meantime put on trial and sentenced to life in prison in Turkey. Ocalan is the most isolated prisoner in that country, serving his sentenced on an island in the Sea of Marmara. According to reports, he still has influence on the Kurdish rebels, who are often protesting and demanding his release. The clashes that started in Turkey in 1984 have so far claimed that lives of some 40,000 people - mostly civilians, but also security forces and Kurdish rebels. Tanjug

Ten Kurdish rebels killed in Turkey

Four soldiers were wounded, said the television.

Security measures have been heightened in Turkey as members of the banned Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) are increasing their attacks ahead of the anniversary of the arrest of their former leader Abdullah Ocalan.

He was captured in 1999 in Kenya, in cooperation with the CIA and the Mossad, and was in the meantime put on trial and sentenced to life in prison in Turkey.

Ocalan is the most isolated prisoner in that country, serving his sentenced on an island in the Sea of Marmara. According to reports, he still has influence on the Kurdish rebels, who are often protesting and demanding his release.

The clashes that started in Turkey in 1984 have so far claimed that lives of some 40,000 people - mostly civilians, but also security forces and Kurdish rebels.