War News From Kurdistan

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From: Arm The Spirit <ats at locust.cic.net>

War News From Kurdistan
Translated By Arm The Spirit From Kurdistan-Rundbrief, Nr.16, Vol.9, 13.8.1996

        A radio station two kilometers outside of Van, which was being
guarded by village guards, was attacked by guerrillas on the night on July
23. The village guards called for Turkish troop reinforcements, who then
raided several homes in Van.

        The People's Liberation Army of Kurdistan (ARGK) attacked a base of
200 Turkish soldiers on the occupied hill of Maruka near the border with
South Kurdistan on July 27. The ARGK stated that this action was in
solidarity with the revolutionary prisoners who were staging death fasts.
According to figures from the Special Governor's office, 16 soldiers and 9
guerrillas were killed and 8 guerrillas were wounded, many due to aerial
bombardments. The ARGK Press Office, however, released a list of the names
of 39 Turkish soldiers who were killed in the attack and who were
indentified by their military ID cards which the ARGK had possession of. The
ARGK also stated that another 38 soldiers were wounded.

        On July 28, in the small town of Hasancelebi in Malatya province,
the ARGK torched a tour bus belonging to the Aksu tourism company and
arrested two of the firm's drivers and one other employee. The company is
accused of providing transportation for Turkish soldiers despite repeated
warnings not to do so.

        Two soldiers were killed in a clash between Turkish troops and ARGK
guerrillas in Zorkun-Alm in Adana Osmaniye in western Turkey. Three other
soldiers were killed during an ARGK raid on a military station in Eris. That
same day, 3 soldiers were killed in a clash in Mardin-Dargesit. The
guerrillas suffered no casualties.
        

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