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Kurdish rebels are threatening to extend their
uprising in southeastern Turkey to other areas of
the country, if the military continues its ongoing
offensive against rebels in the region.
In a published statement Tuesday in the pro-Kurdish
newspaper Ozgur Politika, rebel commander Yusef
Turhalli said his forces will begin targeting
Turkey's larger cities if the offensive continues.
Meanwhile, Turkey said four soldiers were killed
today, when a rebel-planted bomb destroyed their
vehicle near the Iraqi border.
Hours earlier, police said two Kurdish suicide
bombers linked to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers
Party (the PKK) were killed in a failed attack on
the local governor's residence.
Fighting subsided in 1999 after the PKK declared a
cease-fire with Ankara in its 15-year battle for
Kurdish autonomy in the region. But rebels called
off the truce last June, saying they were not
satisfied with the pace of promised Turkish reforms.
Some information for this report provided by AP.
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