Thursday, August 27, 2009

Turkey tells rebels to end conflict

"Turkey tells rebels to end conflict

Thomas Seibert, Foreign Correspondent

* Last Updated: August 27. 2009 8:24PM UAE / August 27. 2009 4:24PM GMT

ISTANBUL // Adding new momentum to efforts to end the Kurdish conflict after 25 years of bloodshed, the military and the government in Turkey have appealed to Kurdish PKK rebels to give themselves up to the state. Recent reports also indicate that Ankara is planning to use a large UN-run refugee camp in northern Iraq as a base for the disarmament of rebels and is willing to let rebel leaders go into exile in Scandinavia."

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