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About 130 Kurdish rebels killed since March: Turkish army


Friday, 18 June, 2010 , 08:56

ANKARA, June 18, 2010 (AFP) — About 130 Kurdish rebels have been killed since March in military operations inside Turkey and neighbouring Iraq, where the militants take refuge, a Turkish military official said Friday.

Intelligence obtained after a May 20 air raid on Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) hideouts in northern Iraq indicated that more than 100 militants of the group were killed, General Fahri Kir told reporters.

Adding that another 30 militans were killed in operations inside Turkey since the beginning of March, he said: "Therefore, it is understood that their losses are about 130 over the past four months."