World IN BRIEF : TURKEY : Rebels Escape Noose Formed by Troops
From Times Wire Reports
Some of the Kurdish rebels under furious ground attack by government troops in the southeast-- after surviving a five-day bombing campaign--managed to escape the area, a general said. Military authorities had said earlier that 300 rebels were surrounded. “We are closing in on them all the time,” Gen. Hilmi Ozkok told reporters taken to the area. But Ozkok conceded that at least some of the guerrillas had escaped the area. He said they were being pursued.
Start your day right
Sign up for Essential California for news, features and recommendations from the L.A. Times and beyond in your inbox six days a week.
You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times.
