Snapshot of war in Kurdistan.

Published: September 11, 2007, 5:28 am

Tags: yja star hpg pkk kurdish freedom fighters turkey turkish army tsk

Thanks to Rasti for translation of what is happening on the continued military clashes between the Kurdish guerilla forces (YJA-STAR (Kurdish Womens Units) and the Turkish Military (TSK)"YJA-STAR began last week to prepare for new Turkish President Abdullah Gul's visit to Turkish-occupied Kurdistan, with clashes last week resulting in the deaths of 22 Turkish soldiers.On 6 September, there was a clash between the Kurdish women ger las of YJA-STAR and TSK in the Culem rg (Hakk ri) region. YJA-STAR forces attacked a TSK convoy travelling from el ( ukurca) to Culem rg. Ten Turkish soldiers were killed and a TSK lieutenant colonel wounded in the attack. On the same day, YJA-STAR forces attacked a convoy between in and Dawi , killing 3 Turkish soldiers.TSK began major operations, with the support of 12 helicopters, in the Beyt ebap area--including Mezra Marinos, eleceng , Meydan Zengil , Fara in, and Pagan --where it lost three troops to the ger las.On 7

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