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Thursday, September 22, 2011

Tension Escalates Between Turkey and Kurds | Middle East | English

Tension Escalates Between Turkey and Kurds

Dorian Jones | Istanbul, Turkey

Turkey is continuing to amass soldiers on the Iraqi border ahead of an expected incursion against bases of the Kurdish rebel group, the PKK. Violence has been escalating between the rebels, fighting for greater minority rights, and the Turkish armed forces. An explosion Tuesday in the capital, Ankara, that killed several people has been blamed by the government on the PKK.

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