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Twenty one militaries killed, eighteen injured in Turkey

19 October 2011 [13:30] - TODAY.AZ
Twenty one Turkish militaries were killed and eighteen got injured in a clash with Kurd terrorists in the Hakkari province Wednesday province, CNN Turk reported.

Turkey has recently initiated an active struggle against terrorism. The Turkish Air Force throw blows at Kurdish rebel positions in northern Iraq.

Air strikes were conducted after a militant terror attack in southeastern Turkey on Aug. 17, in which nine Turkish servicemen were killed. These were the first strikes by Turkey in northern Iraq in more than a year.

Later, as a result of air strikes by Turkish Air Forces more than 300 militants were killed.


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