ARGK War Balance Since December 15,

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From: Arm The Spirit <ats at etext.org>
Subject: ARGK War Balance Since December 15, 1995


ARGK War Balance Since August 15, 1995

        On December 15, 1995, the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) announced a
unilateral cease-fire in its war with the colonialist/fascist Turkish state.
Despite this political gesture, the Turkish army has pressed on with its
dirty war against the Kurds, forcing the guerrillas to fight in defensive
actions. The following statistics of the fighting in Kurdistan from the
period following the December 1995 unilateral cease-fire are from the
People's Liberation Army of Kurdistan (ARGK), the armed wing of the PKK:

Balance of the War in Kurdistan
December 15, 1995 - July 28, 1996

Guerrillas killed       143
Guerrillas wounded      68
Soldiers killed         553
Soldiers wounded        128
Village guards killed   58
Village guards wounded  23
Policemen killed        10
Special forces killed   5

(statistics quoted from 'Kurdistan Rundbrief' Nr.16, Vol.9, 13.8.1996)


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