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In five months of battling the Kurdish insurgency in southeastern Turkey, Ankara has killed over 160 civilians, according to a rights group report. Among them was an unborn child, whose mother was shot.
TrendsTurkey crackdown on Kurds
In August, Ankara launched a ground operation to crack down on Kurdish fighters linked to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). The violence ended a two-year truce with the Kurdish militants, who have been fighting a guerrilla war for independence for decades. An estimated 10,000 Turkish troops armed with heavy weapons and armored vehicles, including tanks, were deployed.

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0	Israelis and Palestinians KilledSeptember 29, 2000 - Present
1		1,217 Israelis and at least 9,271 Palestinians have been killed since September 29, 2000. (View Sources & More Information)