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May 10, 2005       Share:    

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/05/09/AR2005050901253.html

Turkish Army Takes Offensive As Kurdish Rebels Return From Iraq

(Washington Post) Karl Vick - The Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), an armed group of Turkish Kurds that the State Department calls a terrorist group, maintains a large base in Iraq's Qandil range, about 200 miles north of Baghdad. Analysts estimate that 6,000 PKK guerrillas remain in Iraq, while their numbers inside Turkey have swelled to 2,000.

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