PKK terrorists on Wednesday staged a bomb attack against a military vehicle, killing
two soldiers and wounding six others near the Iraqi border.

The attack occurred close to the Iraqi border, near the town of Cukurca in Hakkari province, Anatolia said.
Military helicopters flew the injured to hospitals as military units in the region launched an operation to hunt
down the attackers.

The PKK has escalated attacks on Turkish targets from bases in northern Iraq.

Turkey has been considering a military incursion intonorthern Iraq to try to eradicate rebel bases there and has
asked the United States and Iraq to crack down on the terrorists.