20 KILLED IN TURKISH FIGHTING

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 23 Sep 1995 21:17:20 -0800


20 Killed in Turkish fighting
Date: 06 Mar 94 17:48:59 EST


AP 03/06 09:08 EST V0497

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   ERZURUM, Turkey (AP) -- Intensified fighting between security forces and
separatist Kurdish guerrillas claimed 20 lives Sunday, including four
soldiers, the Anatolia agency said.
   In three separate clashes in this eastern province, troops killed 11
Kurdish rebels, the news agency said.
   Further east, the troops killed five guerrillas on the fourth day of an
anti-rebel operation on Mount Ararat. Four soldiers were killed.
   The troops have been launching land and air operations against Kurdish
rebel bases on the mountain since Thursday.
   Mount Ararat, believed to have been the site of the biblical Noah's ark,
is located in the area where the borders of Iran and Armenia meet.
   Sunday's clashes raised the number of guerillas killed in the last three
days to 44.
   Kurdish guerrillas have been launching hit-and-run attacks from their
bases in Iran, Armenia and northern Iraq.
   The guerrillas of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), have been fighting
for autonomy mostly in the southeast since 1984. The fighting has claimed
more than 11,000 lives.


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