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 TURKEY ESTABLISHES 3 SECURITY ZONES |
ANKARA [MENL] -- Turkey's military has established three zones along the
Iraqi border to prevent infiltration by the Kurdish Workers Party.The military's General Staff deemed three provinces interim security
zones as PKK attacks have increased in southeastern Turkey. Officials said
the zones in the Hakkari, Sirnak and Sirt provinces would be maintained over
the next three months."This practice is a usual method continuously applied in line with
military requirements and therefore, any misinterpretation of the measure is
not reflecting the truth of the matter," the General Staff said.The security zones were established as Turkey has gathered 60,000
troops along the Iraqi border. The military plans to maintain most of the
forces in Hakkari, Sirnak and Sirt until Sept. 9.
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