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AFP: Kurdish rebels claim attack on gas pipeline

"Kurdish rebels claim attack on gas pipeline

(AFP) – 16 hours ago

ISTANBUL — Kurdish rebels on Saturday claimed responsibility for an attack on a pipeline in eastern Turkey that has cut off Iranian gas shipments to Turkey.

The pro-Kurdish Firat news agency carried a statement from the armed wing of of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) saying its guerrillas sabotaged the pipeline at around 2000 GMT on Thursday."

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