Turkey says nine PKK fighters 'neutralized' in northern Iraq operation
The Turkish government frequently uses the term "neutralized" to describe combatants who have been killed, captured, or have surrendered.
KURDISH PROTESTERS carry flags and a banner with a portrait of jailed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Ocalan during a demonstration against Turkey’s military action in northeastern Syria in Zurich, Switzerland, this week(photo credit: REUTERS/ARND WIEGMANN)Updated: 
