Kurdish Protesters, Turkish Police Clash

[maddezmom]

ANKARA, Turkey - Riot police fired water cannons and used pepper spray to disperse stone-throwing Kurdish rioters Wednesday in a second day of violence sparked by the killing of autonomy-seeking guerrillas in southeastern Turkey.

The pro-Kurdish mayor of Diyarbakir, the largest city in the southeast, claimed two rioters were shot to death in the rioting that began Tuesday and was among the worst in decades. Authorities would not confirm any killing or gunshot injury.

The Turkish army moved combat vehicles to the city's outskirts after clashes broke out Tuesday when thousands of protesters rampaged, hurling firebombs at armored police vehicles and smashing windows at a police station, after funerals for the Kurdish guerrillas killed by Turkish troops last week.

About 200 rioters took to the streets again on Wednesday, blocking streets with burning car tires and hurling stones at riot police. They also smashed the windows of the local businesses and set a truck on fire before they were dispersed by security forces firing into the air and using a water cannon and tear gas.

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[onehandle]

1. See. There's no peace in Iraq. I mean Turkey.

I mean Iraq.

Now, where the Hell are we?

[acmavm]

2. Oh Lordy, the Kurdish Insurrection. This will really get interesting

now. They want their own nation, and the Iraq Kurds want to take the Kirkuk oil fields and create Kurdistan.

Just when you knew it could get worse, it does.