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    KURDISH REBELS ATTACK TURKEY NAVAL BASE

    Yerkir
    31.05.2010 14:52
    Yerevan

    Kurdish militants fired rockets at a Turkish naval base Monday killing
    six troops in the latest assault on a military target since a jailed
    Kurdish militant leader signaled an end to peace efforts.

    Seven soldiers were wounded in the attack on a military vehicle
    carrying troops to guard duty in the southern city of Iskenderun,
    Hatay province, provincial governor Mehmet Celalettin Lekesiz was
    quoted as saying by Anatolia news agency.

    The attack was carried out by members of the "separatist terrorist
    organisation", Lekesiz said, using the official jargon for the outlawed
    Kurdistan Workers\' Party (PKK) leading a 25-year insurgency.

    Media reports said three of the wounded soldiers were in critical
    condition in a military hospital in Ankara.

    There was no immediate claim of responsibility by the PKK, whose
    leader Abdullah Ocalan decided to abandon efforts to seek dialogue
    with the Turkish government.




    From: A. Papazian
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