1. But like many other village guards, the Ozay cousins are worried and becoming angry. 2. It was ambushed outside the village of Diyadin by a squad of village guards loyal to the government. 3. Some village guards drifted into corruption, others abused civilians. 4. The report also said that village guards, who are used by the military as an auxiliary to help fight Kurdish rebels, have been involved in many crimes. 5. To Baran, who fled his ancestral village rather than be pressed into the pro-government village guards, things look very different. 6. What to do with these village guards is one of the most urgent questions that suddenly confront Turkey now that peace has broken out. 7. With no war, there is no need for village guards. 8. A village guard, armed by the government, died in a clash with rebels near the Iranian border on Sunday, the Anatolia agency reported. 9. A village guard who gave chase was also shot and died of his wounds. 10. According to human rights groups, soldiers destroyed thousands of villages believed to have aided the guerrillas or that refused to set up pro-Turkish village guards. |