Sunday, November 4, 2007

PKK rebels release Turkish troops


The PKK leadership has conducted its campaign from northern Iraq

Eight Turkish soldiers released by Kurdish fighters have been returned to their army units, the Turkish General Staff announced.

They were released on Sunday morning by the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) after being captured in an ambush on 21 October near the border with Iraq.

They were handed to Iraqi Kurdish officials and flown to Turkey.

The release comes a day after the Iraqi government vowed to act against rebels attacking Turkish territory from Iraq.

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