PRESS TV, Iran
Oct 13 2007
Turkish soldier wounded by PKK
Sat, 13 Oct 2007 09:55:00
A Turkish soldier has reportedly been wounded after PKK guerillas
opened fire from Northern Iraq on a military control point in Turkey.
PKK guerillas opened fire with mortar and heavy machine guns while
Turkish soldiers responded from the village in Sirnak province, on
the Iraqi border with Turkey, the Turkish Dogan News Agency reported.
Military sources did not confirm the news of a soldier having been
wounded in the attack.
The Turkish government deployed approximately 60,000 of its troops
along the country’s border with Iraq on Friday.
Although tensions have intensified between Ankara and Washington over
the recent approval by the US Congress of a resolution calling the
1915 killing of Armenians genocide, Turkish borders are still under
Pentagon’s supervision.
On Friday, the Turkish Prime Minister, Rajab Tayyip Erdogan,
announced his country’s readiness to face up to international
criticism if it launched an attack on Kurdish rebels in northern
Iraq.