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Turkish troops fight for the fifth day

The Turkish troops continued carrying out their attacks on the Kurdish guerrillas on Monday that was the fifth consecutive day of attacks by the troops after the attacks started. The General of Turkey army staff reported that the forces have killed about 41 guerrillas and that will make a total of 153 killed after the attacks started in 2003.

The Turkish army personnel also got killed in the fight between the Kurdish guerrillas and the troops and on Monday two troop members got killed making a total to 17. The Turkish Army officials said that the expansion of troops can make the fight more serious in the coming days.