"Leader of Kurdish rebels says fighters ready for Turkish offensive
LEWZHE, Iraq (AP) -- The commander of Iraq-based Kurdish rebels said he thinks Turkey will quickly follow its parliamentary elections Sunday with a long-anticipated offensive against his remote mountain bases.
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Murat Karayilan, the leader of the separatist Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, warned that his fighters were prepared for battle, but denied Ankara's charges that his group was using Iraqi soil to launch attacks against Turkish forces across the border."
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