ANKARA, Turkey (AP) - Kurdish rebels detonated a remote-controlled land mine as a Turkish military vehicle passed by Monday, killing at least two soldiers and wounding four others, officials said. The attack occurred during a patrol in the town of Gercus in southeastern Batman province, near the Syrian border, Gov. Efkan Ala told the Anatolia news agency.
| Right about where they're picking up the land mines, eh? |
Kurdish rebels waged a 15-year guerrilla war until 1999 for autonomy in the predominantly Kurdish southeast. They have recently threatened to increase fighting as Turkey pressures the United States to wipe out Kurdish rebel bases in northern Iraq. The conflict has claimed 37,000 lives, mostly Kurdish rebels.
| Which is why they haven't been too successful. |
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