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Turkey deploys helicopter gunships against PKK

Istanbul, Turkey - Army troops and special police forces captured a rebel

Turkish forces launched a large-scale offensive against the PKK (the unapproved Kurdish Workers Party), the rebel group which is fighting for autonomy in Turkey's Kurdish south-east since 1984. During the operation helicopter gunships were used and this surely is the largest attack on rebels in 2012. According to press reports on Sunday police in the south-eastern city of Diarbakir used tear...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1138922
Rome, Italy, 03/23/2012 14:23
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