Kurdish rebels: No attacks on Turkey

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Source: Associated Press

Kurdish rebels: No attacks on Turkey

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ANKARA, Turkey - Kurdish guerrilla group PKK said Tuesday
it would not stage attacks on Turkish targets but would
continue to defend itself when attacked, a Belgium-based
Kurdish news agency reported.

"We will not carry out attacks other than for self-defense,"
the rebel group said in a statement, according to the Firat
news agency.

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Turkey has ignored several past cease-fires declared by the
group, ruling out negotiations with "terrorists."

Turkey's prime minister said Tuesday that the country needs
to focus on fighting the PKK inside its borders amid a debate
over whether Turkey should pursue rebels in a cross-border
operation into northern Iraq.

"There are 500 terrorists in Iraq; there are 5,000 terrorists
inside Turkey. Has terrorism inside Turkey ended for us to
think about an operation in northern Iraq?" Prime Minister
Recep Tayyip Erdogan told reporters.

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