"Turkish general vows intensified offensives against Kurdish rebels
By SUZAN FRASER | Associated Press
April 23, 2006
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) - Turkey's army chief vowed stepped-up offensives against autonomy-seeking Kurdish rebels in comments broadcast Sunday as the military sent thousands of soldiers backed by tanks to its overwhelmingly Kurdish southeast and the Iraqi border.
'As long as the PKK exists our operations will continue in ever-increasing intensity,' Gen. Yasar Buyukanit, the land forces' commander, told CNN-Turk television in an interview aired Sunday. He was referring to the Kurdistan Workers' Party which has been battling for autonomy since 1984."
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