4 Turkish soldiers killed in Kurdish rebel attack

Turkey's prime minister says a
Kurdish rebel attack has killed four Turkish soldiers near
the border with Iraq, AP reported.
Recep Tayyip Erdogan says a noncommissioned officer and
three privates were killed Sunday in the province of
Hakkari.
Provincial Governor Muammer Turker says the rebels threw a
hand grenade at troops returning from an anti-rebel
operation. He says the military then launched a new
operation backed by airpower.
The government has been trying to win public support for
ending the decades old conflict with the Kurdish rebel
group known as the PKK, but it has yet to announce a plan
for doing so.
Tens of thousands have been killed in southeast Turkey
since the PKK began fighting for the region's autonomy in
1984.
-- SPA